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Quotation from The Alexiad by Anna Komnene

“He must never shirk either blaming his friends or praising his enemies.”

Anna Komnene

The Alexiad, Preface, 2, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes

Portrait of Anna Komnene

Anna's rule for the historian, written in answer to readers who would suspect a daughter's history of her father.

Citation: "He must never shirk either blaming his friends or praising his enemies." — Anna Komnene, The Alexiad, Preface, 2, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes. (id anna-komnene-alexiad-q2)

Portrait: Anna Komnene (cropped), Unknown, Public domain.

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