Demosthenes and Lycurgos by Pierre Armand Cattier 1880's

"No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."

-Demosthenes, Ad Leptinem 162

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"Phoebus Apollo's the mandate was which they brought from Pytho,

Voicing the will of the God, nor were his words unfulfilled:

Sway in the council and honours divine belong to the princes

Under whose care has been set Sparta's city of charm;

Second to them are the elders, and next come the men of the people

Duly confirming by vote unperverted decrees."

-Plutarch, The Life of Lycurgus: Chapter 6

Demosthenes (left), Lycurgus (right). Palais de Justice. Brussels, Belgium.

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