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  • Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. "In general, people only ask for advice," he said "that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it".

    Alexandre Dumas (1993). “The Three Musketeers”, p.303, Wordsworth Editions