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for the sake of which the finest spirits hold
office and rule when they consent to do so. Don't you know that to be
covetous of honor and covetous of money is said to be and is a
reproach?” “I do,” he said. “Well,
then,” said I, “that is why the good are not willing to
rule either for the sake of money or of honor. They do not wish to collect
pay openly for their service of rule and be styled hirelings nor to take it
by stealth from their office and be called thieves, nor yet for the sake of
honor,
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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