Apophthegmata Laconica
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When someone commended the maxim of Cleomenes, who, on being asked what a good king ought to do, said,
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To do good to his friends and evil to his enemies,
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Ariston said,
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How much better, my good sir, to do good to our friends, and to make friends of our enemies?
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This, which is universally conceded to be one of Socrates’ maxims,
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is also referred to Ariston.
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When someone inquired how many Spartans there were in all, he said,
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Enough to keep away our enemies.
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When one of the Athenians read a memorial oration in praise of those who fell at the hands of the Spartans, he said,
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What kind of men, then, do you think ours must be who vanquished these?
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