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Fellow partisans, it is plain that one of us must be made king,... but I shall not compete with you; I desire neither to rule nor to be ruled; but if I waive my claim to be king, I make this condition, that neither I nor any of my descendants shall be subject to any one of you.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Otanes is a name given to several figures that appear in the Histories of Herodotus. One or more of these figures may be the same person.
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