Being asked once which was better of the virtues, bravery or justice, he said that there is no use for bravery unless justice is also in evidence, and [p. 275] if all men should become just they would have no need of bravery. 1
1 Cf. Moralia, 190 F (3), supra, and Plutarch's Life of Agesilaus, chap. xxiii. (608 F).
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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