. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages . How shall we best guard against the inva-sion of the enemy? By continuing poor, and not desiringin your possession to be one above another. And to thequestion, whether they should enclose Sparta with walls,That city is well fortified, which has a wall of men insteadof brick. Whether these and some other letters ascribed tohim are genuine or not, is no easy matter to determine. That they hated long speeches, the following sayings area farther proof. King lyconidas said to one who discoursedat an improper time a
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages . How shall we best guard against the inva-sion of the enemy? By continuing poor, and not desiringin your possession to be one above another. And to thequestion, whether they should enclose Sparta with walls,That city is well fortified, which has a wall of men insteadof brick. Whether these and some other letters ascribed tohim are genuine or not, is no easy matter to determine. That they hated long speeches, the following sayings area farther proof. King lyconidas said to one who discoursedat an improper time about affairs of some concern, Myfriend, you should not talk so much to the purpose of whatit is not to the purpose to talk of Charilaus, the nephew ofLycurgus, being asked why his uncle had made so few laws,answered, To men of few words, few laws are people finding fault with Hecatseus the sophist, because,when admitted to one of the public repasts, he said nothingall the time, Archidamidas replied, He that knows how tospeak, knows also when to speak.—
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