Agesilaus II quotes
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“Royalty consists not in vain pomp, but in great virtues”
-- Agesilaus II -
“Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice.”
-- Agesilaus II -
“By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.”
-- Agesilaus II -
“If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.”
-- Agesilaus II -
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“If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing.”
-- Agesilaus II -
“I shall show that the place does not honor the man, but the man the place.”
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“If all men were just there would be no need of valor.”
-- Agesilaus II
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