Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata
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Original / primary: Perseus Eng3
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Charillus the king, being asked why Lycurgus enacted so few laws, replied that people who used few words had no need of many laws.
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When one of the helots conducted himself rather boldly towards him, he said,
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By Heaven, I would kill you if I were not angry.
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In answer to the man who inquired why he and the rest wore their hair long, he said that of all ornaments this was the least expensive.
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