Xenophon, Memorabilia, Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator), 2.7.3

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[3] How is it that with so many mouths to feed Ceramon not only contrives to provide for the needs of himself and his family, but actually saves enough to make him a rich man, whereas you, with so many mouths to feed, fear you will all be starved to death?
The explanation, of course, is this: my dependants are gentlefolk, his are slaves.

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.) — 2.7.3 focus

[3] ἀκούσας οὖν ταῦτα ὁ Σωκράτης, τί ποτέ ἐστιν, ἔφη, ὅτι Κεράμων μὲν πολλοὺς τρέφων οὐ μόνον ἑαυτῷ τε καὶ τούτοις τὰ ἐπιτήδεια δύναται παρέχειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ περιποιεῖται τοσαῦτα ὥστε καὶ πλουτεῖν, σὺ δὲ πολλοὺς τρέφων δέδοικας μὴ διʼ ἔνδειαν τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ἅπαντες ἀπόλησθε; ὅτι νὴ Δίʼ, ἔφη, ὁ μὲν δούλους τρέφει, ἐγὼ δʼ ἐλευθέρους.

Xenophon Memorabilia 2.7.3

Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator)

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