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Quotes from Policraticus — John of Salisbury

1120–1180 England

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Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.

Policraticus (1159)

Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant.

Policraticus (1159)

A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.

Policraticus (1159)

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