TheInspired Sage
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
Plato
— Plato
Greek philosopher

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“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” — Plato · The Inspired Sage