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1 " Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert "
― Sophocles , Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
2 " It was inevitable under a monarchy, however benevolent the monarch. The old virtues disappear. Independence and frankness are at a discount. Complacent anticipation of the monarch's wishes is then the greatest of all virtues. One must either be a good monarch like yourself, or a good courtier like myself—either an Emperor or an idiot. "
― Robert Graves , Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
