Isocrates Nicocles or the Cyprians 38

George Norlin (Translator)

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[38] ἔπειτα καὶ προσήκειν ἡγησάμην τοσούτῳ τοὺς βασιλεῖς βελτίους εἶναι τῶν ἰδιωτῶν, ὅσῳ περ καὶ τὰς τιμὰς μείζους αὐτῶν ἔχουσι, καὶ δεινὰ ποιεῖν ὅσοι τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους κοσμίως ζῆν ἀναγκάζουσιν, αὐτοὶ δʼ αὑτοὺς μὴ σωφρονεστέρους τῶν ἀρχομένων παρέχουσιν.

Nicocles or the Cyprians. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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Νικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι (Greek) (Isocrates, Vol. 1. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1928 (printing).)

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Nicocles or the Cyprians Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 1. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1928 (printing).) — 38 focus

[38] Then again, I considered that it is also the duty of kings to be as much better than private citizens as they are superior to them in rank; and that those kings act contrary to all reason who compel their subjects to live decently but are themselves less continent than those over whom they rule.

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