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ὁ δὲ λογοποιὸς Αἴσωπος, ἐτύγχανε γὰρ εἰς Σάρδεις μετάπεμπτος γεγονὼς ὑπὸ Κροίσου καὶ τιμώμενος, ἠχθέσθη τῷ Σόλωνι μηδεμιᾶς τυχόντι φιλανθρωπίας: καὶ προτρέπων αὐτόν, ‘ὦ Σόλων,’ ἔφη, ‘τοῖς βασιλεῦσι δεῖ ὡς ἥκιστα ἢ ὡς ἥδιστα ὁμιλεῖν.’ καὶ ὁ Σόλων, ‘μὰ Δί᾽,’ εἶπεν, ‘ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἥκιστα ἢ ὡς ἄριστα.’
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