The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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Those of Cyrene desired Plato to make Laws for them, I cannot, said he, dictate Laws to those whom Plenty and Prosperity has made incapable to obey.

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Ceux de Cyrene priérent Platon de leur dresser des Loix; je ne puis, leur dit-il, prescrire des Loix à ceux que l’abondance & la prosperité rendent incapables d’obeir.