Plutarch Quotes About Authority
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Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.
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Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty.
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There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice.
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For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people. For they only honour the valiant and admire the wise, while in addition they also love just men, and put entire trust and confidence in them.
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