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AGESILAUS, THE GREAT Greek king of Sparta (455 BC - 361 BC) By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.       - [Frugality] I have head the nightingale herself.       - when asked to listed to a man imitate the nightingale, see Plutarch's "Life of Agesilaus"         [Nightingales] I shall show that the place does not honor the man, but the man the place.       - [Station] If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing.       - [Monuments] Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice.       - [Valor] To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot."       - Laconic Apophthegemns [Shoemaking] The GIGA name and the GIGA logo are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. GIGA-USA and GIGA-USA.COM are servicemarks of the domain owner. Copyright © 1999-2018 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Last Revised: 2018 December 10 Support GIGA.  Buy something from Amazon.

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