Apophthegmata Laconica
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Original / primary: Perseus Eng3
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Panthoedas went on embassy to Asia and when they pointed out to him a very strong wall he said,
57.1
By Heaven, strangers, fine quarters for women!
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57.2
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When the philosophers in the Academy were conversing long and seriously, and afterwards some people asked Panthoidas how their conversation impressed him, he said,
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What else than serious? But there is no good in it unless you put it to use.
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