Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving …

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Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty. ✨ Parallel Lives: Demosthenes and Cicero. Book by Plutarch. Section 3,
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