The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... honoured pleasure above everything , and who have deliberately chosen to live a life of luxury , have been magnanimous and magnificent people , as , for instance , the Medes and the Persians . For 820 [ B. XII . THE DEIPNOSOPHISTS .
... honoured pleasure above everything , and who have deliberately chosen to live a life of luxury , have been magnanimous and magnificent people , as , for instance , the Medes and the Persians . For 820 [ B. XII . THE DEIPNOSOPHISTS .
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... honour ; and they , at the same time , are the most valiant and magnanimous of all the barbarians . For to indulge in pleasure and luxury is the conduct of freeborn men and of a liberal disposition . For pleasure relaxes the soul and in ...
... honour ; and they , at the same time , are the most valiant and magnanimous of all the barbarians . For to indulge in pleasure and luxury is the conduct of freeborn men and of a liberal disposition . For pleasure relaxes the soul and in ...
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... honours , allow the food which they had invented to be set before them , but enjoyed it all by himself , and thought this was the greatest wisdom . For this , I imagine , is what is called the brains of Jupiter and of a king at the same ...
... honours , allow the food which they had invented to be set before them , but enjoyed it all by himself , and thought this was the greatest wisdom . For this , I imagine , is what is called the brains of Jupiter and of a king at the same ...
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... honour those who display great magnificence on such occasions with golden crowns , and they proclaim their names at the public sacrifices and games ; announcing not only their general goodwill towards the city , but also the great magni ...
... honour those who display great magnificence on such occasions with golden crowns , and they proclaim their names at the public sacrifices and games ; announcing not only their general goodwill towards the city , but also the great magni ...
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... honour mortal man beyond the gods , Then foreign war and intestine sedition Shall come upon you , and shall crush your city . When they had heard this they thought the God had said to them that they should never have their luxury ...
... honour mortal man beyond the gods , Then foreign war and intestine sedition Shall come upon you , and shall crush your city . When they had heard this they thought the God had said to them that they should never have their luxury ...
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