Apophthegmata Laconica
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Nicander, when someone said that the Argives were speaking ill of him, said,
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Well then, they are paying the penalty for speaking ill of the good!
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When someone inquired why the Spartans wore their hair long and cultivated beards, he said,
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Because for a man his own adornment is the very best and cheapest.
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When one of the Athenians said,
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Nicander, you Spartans insist too much on your principle of doing no work,
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he said,
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Quite true; we do not make work of this thing or that thing in your haphazard fashion.
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