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Meditations VII.52
Better at the cross-buttock,68 may be, but not at shewing public spirit or modesty, or being readier for every contingency or more gracious to our neighbour if he sees awry.
- 68.Plutarch, Sayings of Kings and Commanders 2. 206 E.
Plutarch’s Sayings of Kings and Commanders is a collection of remarks attributed to famous rulers and generals.