The giver, the creator, the teacher—these are preludes of the ruler.
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All virtue and all self-mastery has only one purpose: that of preparing for the rule!
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Every sacrifice that the ruler makes is rewarded a hundredfold.
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How much does not the warrior, the prince, the man who is responsible for himself, sacrifice!—this should be highly honoured.
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The terrible task of the ruler who educates himself:—the kind of man and people over which he will rule must be forecast in him: it is in himself therefore that he must first have become a ruler!
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