We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our …

Megan Whalen Turner
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We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think, is a different thing entirely, difficult for anyone but the historians and the gods to judge. ✨ Megan Whalen Turner (2010). A Conspiracy of Kings, Greenwillow
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