Erasmus, Adagia 1.3
‘No one governs well who will not submit to be governed.’
Nemo bene imperat, nisi qui paruerit imperio.
Οὐκ ἔστιν εὖ ἄρξειν μὴ ἀρχθέντα, that is, it cannot happen that someone will wield power well unless he bears it well, too. This adage remains popular among the masses today, that no one plays the part of the master well unless he first played the servant. Aristotle cites in the third book of his Politics Διὸ λέγεται καὶ τοῦτο καλῶς, ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν εὖ ἄρξειν μὴ ἀρχθέντα, that is ‘On that account, it is rightly said that no one rules well unless he was first himself subject to being ruled. Again, in the same book, Τόν τε γὰρ μέλλοντα ἄρχειν καλῶς ἀρχθῆναί φασι δεῖν πρῶτον, that is, ‘they say that one who is about to govern well should properly bear being ruled first.’ Plato, in Book VI of
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