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Quotation from Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans by Plutarch
“The city is well fortified which hath a wall of men instead of brick”
Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Life of Lycurgus, trans. John Dryden et al., rev. A. H. Clough (1864)
Lycurgus’ reply when asked whether Sparta needed walls.
Citation: "The city is well fortified which hath a wall of men instead of brick" — Plutarch, Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Life of Lycurgus, trans. John Dryden et al., rev. A. H. Clough (1864). (id plutarch-lives-q3)
Virtues: Fortitude
