He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

τὸν τε γὰρ μέλλοντα καλῶς ἄρχειν ἀρχθῆναί φασι δεῖν πρῶτον.

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Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. Translated by H. Rackham.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics. Translated by Ernest Barker. Edited by R. F. Stalley. Oxford UP, 2009, bk. 7, 1333a, l. 1.