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As he was leaving home for the field of battle, his wife begged him to have a care for his life. ‘This advice,’ said he, ‘should be kept for others, but for a commander and general the advice should be to have a care for the lives of the citizens.’ 1 [p. 153]
1 Cf. the Life of Pelopidas, chap. xix. (288 C).
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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