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Bias autem, cuius sapientia diuturnior inter homines est quam patria Priene fuit, si quidem haec etiam nunc spirat, illius perinde atque extinctae uestigia tantum modo extant, ita aiebat oportere homines in usu amicitiae uersari, ut meminissent eam ad grauissimas inimicitias posse conuerti. quod quidem praeceptum prima specie nimis fortasse callidum uideatur inimicumque simplicitati, qua praecipue familiaritas gaudet, sed si † altior initamini cogitatio demissa fuerit, perquam utile reperietur.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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