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No water-drinker's work is worth a penny.

ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοις σοφόν.

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Music, which if wise men let it never tires of humouring them.

Oh what a swarm of sophists you've poked up!

Ye take, each one of you, the fox's bribe.

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Happy beyond the days that are
Were the days when mankind was young,
When men were taught
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