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When another person sought to know the reason why he did not accept gifts from the Messenians, he said, ‘Because if I took the gifts, it would be impossible to maintain peace with impartial regard for the laws.’
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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