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It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
Thucydides
Thucydides
Thucydides
Died: 395 BC

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Brilliant, Too Much, Men, Too, Charge, Misfortune, Frequently, Affairs, Very, Expect, Ordinary, Ordinary Men, Much

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