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Marieta Maglas
Marieta Maglas

Marieta Maglas is a poet of unknown birth and death dates. Her poetry is characterized by its unique style and rich emotions, which are still cherished by readers today. more

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“Given a choice between patterns of subsistence that are relatively unfavorable to the cultivator but which yield a greater return in manpower or grain to the state and those patterns that benefit the cultivator but deprive the state, the ruler will choose the former every time. The ruler, then, maximizes the state-accessible product, if necessary, at the expense of the overall wealth of the realm and its subjects.”