Aaron Sorkin (1961) American screenwriter, producer, playwright
The West Wing Script Book: Volume 1, Introduction.
“It is more difficult to avoid being ruled than to rule others.”
Il est plus difficile de s’empêcher d’être gouverné que de gouverner les autres.
Maxim 151.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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