A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if … - Hugo Grotius

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His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right.

Hugo Grotius

A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason

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