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Aelius Aristides
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“Neither walls, theatres, porches, nor senseless equipage, make States; but men who are able to rely upon themselves.”
Aelius Aristides (117–189) said by 189 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vol. 1 (ed. Samuel Jebb, 1722), translated by Arthur W. Austin, The Woman and the Queen: A Ballad, and Other Specimens of Verse (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1875) p. 90
“By Themistocles alone, or with very few others, does this saying appear to be approved, which, though Alcaeus formerly had produced, many afterwards claimed: "Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans, make a State; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, there are cities and walls.”
Aelius Aristides (117–189) said by 189 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vol. 2 (ed. Samuel Jebb, 1730), translated by Arthur W. Austin, The Woman and the Queen, &c. (1875) p. 90. Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 8th ed. (1883) p. 373, note. Austin also translated the passage into…