ἀρχή ἄνδρα δείκνυσι -> power shows the man, rule will show the man

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ἀρχή ἄνδρα δείκνυσι -> power shows the man, rule will show the man
Αρχή άνδρα δείκνυσι. (Η εξουσία δείχνει τον άνδρα) — Pittacus of Mytilene via Diogenes Laertius 1.77
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pittacus_of_Mytilene
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(where the adage of Pittacus, "Power shows the man," was interpolated by Lewis Campbell into his 1883 translation of Sophocles' Antigone, line 178).