Agis II (Sayings of the Spartans)

Agis II (King of Sparta, r. 427-400 BCE)

"The man who wants to rule many men must fight many."

•  Sayings of the Spartans, presumably collected by Plutarch, in On Sparta, translated by Richard J. A. Talbert. New York: Penguin Classics, 2005.

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