An idea from Parallel Lives

A city in trouble is touchy. Plain advice sounds like mockery to it, the way light hurts sore eyes. “Those who humor the people are swallowed up in the common ruin; those who endeavor to lead them aright, perish the first in their attempt.”

From Parallel Lives by Plutarch

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