“This is a place of peace," Medwyn said, "and therefore not suitable for men, at least, not yet.”
Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 13
“I will show," said Agesilaus, "that it is not the places that grace men, but men the places.”
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Plutarch
Of Agesilaus the Great
Laconic Apophthegms
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