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from Precepts of kingly education,
and On virtue and the goodness of a king, to his son John
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Manuel II Palaeologus Resources
He who trusts everyone and he who trusts none, are both destroyed. Although both attitudes are deadly, if you had to choose between them, it would be better to suffer wrong from the courage of your trust, instead of always being suspicious of all men. Precepts..., Patrologia Graeca156.329
On virtue..., speech II, Patrologia Graeca156.412 |
Ἀπόλωλεν ἅπας, ὁ πᾶσί τε πιστεύων καὶ μηδενί. Ὄντοιν δὲ δυοῖν θανασίμοιν, εἰ ἀναγκαίαν θείη τις τουτωνὶ τὴν αἵρεσιν, κρεῖσσον παθεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ θαρρεῖν ἢ τοῦ πάντας ὑποπτεύειν ἑξῆς ἀνθρώπους.
Διὰ τὴν κοινὴν ἀναφοράν τε καὶ σχέσιν, ὡς ἄν τις εἴποι, τὴν πρὸς τὸ πρῶτον καὶ ὑπερτέλειον ἀγαθόν, πάντα ἀγαθύνεται καὶ φιλεῖται, ἔχοντα πρὸς ἄλληλα σχετικῶς. |
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