Žádné pocínání není samo o sobe dohré ani zlé. Teprve jeho místo v rádu ciní je dobrým ci zlým.
The Joke (1967)
“It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.”
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Plutarch
Life of Agesilaus II
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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