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σοφιστοῦ δέ τινος περὶ ἀνδρείας λέγοντος, πλείω ἐγέλασε: τοῦ δὲ εἰπόντος ‘τί γελᾷς, Κλεόμενες, περὶ ἀνδρείας λέγοντος ἀκούων, καὶ ταῦτα βασιλεὺς ὤν;᾽’ ‘ὅτι’ ἔφη ‘ξένε καὶ ἡ χελιδὼν εἰ περὶ αὐτῆς ἔλεγε, τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἂν ἐποίουν: εἰ δὲ ἀετός, πολλὴν ἂν εἶχον ἠρεμίαν.’
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