Plutarch

Plutarch (approx. 50-120)

"We may note that ambitious spirits do far more harm than good in a state, unless they can keep their aspirations within proper limits."

• On Sparta (Life of Lycurgus), excerpted from Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by Richard J. A. Talbert. New York: Penguin Classics, 2005.

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