[PW] Re: Hip Hop Quotation

[swguardian-stumpers at yahoo.com]

Not exactly the quote, but the idea was noted by the Chinese philosopher "Mencius (Chinese ÃÏ×Ó, transliterated Meng Zi, most accepted dates: 372¨C289 BCE; other possible dates: 385¨C303/302 BCE)" -Wikipedia
   
  "In a world of moral order, the great characters rule the small characters, and the great minds rule the small minds. In a world of moral chaos, the great rule the small, and the strong rule the weak."

Beverly Choltco-Devlin My <BDevlin at midyork.org> wrote:
  The quotation "the strong rule the weak, but the wise rule the strong" has been attributed to hip-hop artist, Lake. Our young patron would like to know if this quotation appeared any earlier or is a paraphrase of someone else's quotation. I have checked my quotation books here and the online sources at IPL and haven't found any evidence of a prior variation. 
Thanks,
Beverly 

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