τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν
From LSJ
πρὸς υἱὸν ὀργὴν οὐκ ἔχει χρηστὸς πατήρ → The good father does not hold anger towards his son (Chaeremon, fragment 35)
Greek to English
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)
