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If you have learned how to be ruled you will know how to rule.

— Solon Attributed

ἄρχεσθαι μαθών, ἄρχειν ἐπιστήσῃ.

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ἄρχε πρῶτον μαθὼν ἄρχεσθαι. | Learn to obey before you command. (tr. R. D. Hicks, 1925) -->

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