Apophthegmata Laconica
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Original / primary: Perseus Eng3
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The younger Agis, when Demades said that the jugglers who swallow swords use the Spartan swords because of their shortness, retorted,
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But all the same the Spartans reach their enemies with their swords.
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In answer to a base man who asked repeatedly who was the best Spartan, he said,
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The one most unlike you.
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