Seaward's treasure chest

By seaward38

I teach them all the good I can, and recommend them to others from whom I think they will get some moral benefit. And the treasures that the wise men of old have left us in their writings I open and explore with my friends. If we come on any good thing, we extract it, and we set much store on being useful to one another.”

SOCRATES

Xenophon, Memorabilia, 1.6.14, 5-9


“ Tοὺς θησαυροὺς τῶν πάλαι σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν͵ οὓς ἐκεῖνοι κατέλιπον ἐν βιβλίοις γράψαντες͵ ἀνελίττων κοινῇ σὺν τοῖς φίλοις διέρχομαι͵ καὶ ἄν τι ὁρῶμεν ἀγαθὸν ἐκλεγόμεθα· καὶ μέγα νομίζομεν κέρδος͵ ἐὰν ἀλλήλοις φίλοι γιγνώμεθα.”

ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ

Ξενοφῶντος, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, 1.6.14, 5-9

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