They take great pride also in having as many cups as possible; but they are not ashamed if it transpire that they came by them by dishonest means, for dishonesty and sordid love of gain have greatly increased among them.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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