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Themistocles, therefore, joining an association of partisans, fortified himself with considerable strength; insomuch that when some one told him that were he impartial he would make a good magistrate; “I wish,” replied he, “I may never sit on that tribunal where my friends shall not plead a greater privilege than strangers.”


tl;dr:

Someone tells Themistocles, a great Athenian general and statesman, that he would make a good magistrate, and he replies that he hopes he’s never in a position where he has to treat his friends the same as a bunch of strangers that he feels no love for.


Source:

Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Aristides." Plutarch's Lives. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 436. Print.


Further Reading:

Θεμιστοκλῆς (Themistocles)

>[Themistocles](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Illustrerad_Verldshistoria_band_I_Ill_116.png), therefore, joining an association of partisans, fortified himself with considerable strength; insomuch that when some one told him that were he impartial he would make a good magistrate; “I wish,” replied he, “I may never sit on that tribunal where my friends shall not plead a greater privilege than strangers.” _____________________________ **tl;dr:** Someone tells Themistocles, a great Athenian general and statesman, that he would make a good magistrate, and he replies that he hopes he’s never in a position where he has to treat his friends the same as a bunch of strangers that he feels no love for. _____________________________ **Source:** Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Aristides." *Plutarch's Lives*. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 436. Print. _____________________________ **Further Reading:** [Θεμιστοκλῆς (Themistocles)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themistocles)

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