'Los que dejan al rey errar a sabiendas, merecen pena como traidores.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Warning that knowingly allowing a ruler to make mistakes makes you complicit in treason.
- In plain terms
- Helping a king make mistakes is a treasonous act.
- What can you take from it?
- Advisers bear responsibility for the decisions they allow.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do you speak up to power?
- How much risk do you take for truth?
Another view
It assumes all mistakes are malicious.
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