I know the delights of your
country, said Brasidas to a
satrap, who was comparing the
life of Sparta with that of
Persepolis, but you cannot
know the pleasures of mine.
A Discourse on Inequality
1755
Maurice Cranston, translation
Penguin, 1984©
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