“Nam et qui bene imperat, paruerit aliquando necesse est, et qui modeste paret, videtur qui aliquando imperet dignus esse.”
— Cicero
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- Wikiquote: Cicero
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Context
For in order to command well, we should know how to submit; and he who submits with a good grace will some time become worthy of commanding.
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Cicero. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Cicero. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero
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