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Ἔλπιζε τιμῶν τοὺς θεοὺς πράξειν καλῶς → Spera felicitatem, si deos colas → Erhoffe Wohlergeh'n, wenn du die Götter ehrst

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|elentxt=[[to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics]], [[the Spartan cult is much more the pursuit of wisdom than of athletics]] (Plato, ''Protagoras'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0177%3Atext%3DProt.%3Apage%3D342 342e6])
|elentxt=[[to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics]], [[the Spartan cult is much more the pursuit of wisdom than of athletics]] (Plato, ''Protagoras'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0177%3Atext%3DProt.%3Apage%3D342 342e6])
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==Modern Greek—
καλύτερα λακωνίζει κανείς φιλοσοφώντας παρά ασκώντας τη γυμναστική

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to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics, the Spartan cult is much more the pursuit of wisdom than of athletics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6) ==Modern Greek— καλύτερα λακωνίζει κανείς φιλοσοφώντας παρά ασκώντας τη γυμναστική