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κατ᾽ ἐπιδημίαν τις ἐν Σπάρτῃ κρηπιδούμενος ὀρθὸς ἐπὶ θατέρου σκέλους εἶπε πρὸς Λάκωνα ‘οὐκ ἂν οἶμαί σε, ὦ Λάκων, τοσοῦτον χρόνον ἐπὶ τοῦ ποδὸς ὅσον ἐγὼ στῆναι’ καὶ ὃς ὑπολαβὼν ‘οὐ γάρ’ ἔφη: ‘τῶν μέντοι χηνῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις οὔ.’
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