Xenophon, Memorabilia, Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator), 2.6.32

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[32]
I am not going to put a hand on anyone, said Critobulus, so teach me any good plan you know for making friends.
Then won’t you put lip to lip either?
Courage! answered Critobulus, I won’t touch a lip with mine either — unless the owner is fair!
That’s an unfortunate beginning for you, Critobulus! The fair¹ won’t submit to such conduct; but the ugly like it, supposing that they are called fair for the beauty of their souls.

Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.

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Memorabilia (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 4. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923.)

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Ἀπομνημονεύματα Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 2. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 2.6.32 focus

[32] καὶ ὁ Κριτόβουλος ἔφη· ὡς οὐ προσοίσοντος τὰς χεῖρας, εἴ τι ἔχεις ἀγαθὸν εἰς φίλων κτῆσιν, δίδασκε. οὐδὲ τὸ στόμα οὖν, ἔφη ὁ Σωκράτης, πρὸς τὸ στόμα προσοίσεις; θάρρει, ἔφη ὁ Κριτόβουλος· οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸ στόμα πρὸς τὸ στόμα προσοίσω οὐδενί, ἐὰν μὴ καλὸς ᾖ. εὐθύς, ἔφη, σύγε, ὦ Κριτόβουλε, τοὐναντίον τοῦ συμφέροντος εἴρηκας. οἱ μὲν γὰρ καλοὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα οὐχ ὑπομένουσιν· οἱ δὲ αἰσχροὶ καὶ ἡδέως προσίενται, νομίζοντες διὰ τὴν ψυχὴν καλοὶ καλεῖσθαι.

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1. i.e., beautiful in character (soul).

Xenophon Memorabilia 2.6.32

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