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THE IDEAL GENERAL by ARCHILOCHUS

First Line: NOT FOR ME THE GENERAL RENOWNED NOR THE WELL-GROOMED DANDY
Last Line: PROVIDED HE'S FIRM ON HIS FEET AND IS VALIANT IN HEART.
Subject(s): GENERALS;
NOT for me the general renowned nor the well-groomed dandy,
Nor he who is proud of his curls or is shaven in part;
But give me a man that is small and whose legs are bandy,
Provided he's firm on his feet and is valiant in heart.



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