“The Xanthians, suspecting my kindness, have made their country the grave of their despair; the Patareans, trusting themselves to me, enjoy in all points their former liberty; it is in your power to choose the judgment of the Patareans or the fortune of the Xanthians.”

—  Marcus Junius Brutus

As quoted in "Marcus Brutus" in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by John Dryden

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