Agesilaus II

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Royalty consists not in vain pomp, but in great virtues
- Agesilaus II
Collection: Royalty
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If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.
- Agesilaus II
Collection: Memories
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By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.
- Agesilaus II
Collection: Simplicity
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If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing.
- Agesilaus II
Collection: Done
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I shall show that the place does not honor the man, but the man the place.
- Agesilaus II
Collection: Men
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Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice.
- Agesilaus II
Collection: Injustice
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If all men were just there would be no need of valor.
- Agesilaus II
Collection: Men