Apophthegmata Laconica
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Thectamenes, when the Ephors condemned him to death, went away smiling. Someone among the bystanders asked him if he felt such contempt for the laws of Sparta.
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No,
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said he,
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but I rejoice to think that I must pay this penalty myself without begging or borrowing anything from anybody.
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