The shifting whims of the masses make a dreary ruler. - Plutarch

"The shifting whims of the masses make a dreary ruler."

Plutarch Leadership

Historian Biographer Greece (Chaeronea) 46–120

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"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

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"Know thyself."

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"One must take responsibility for one's environment."

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