TYCHIADES
Quite true.SIMON
Moreover, Tychiades, it seems to me that the other arts stand in need of this one, but this one does not stand in need of any other. 1TYCHIADES
But, I say, don’t you think that people who take what belongs to someone else do wrong?SIMON
Certainly.TYCHIADES
How is it, then, that the parasite is the only one that does not do wrong in taking what belongs to someone else?De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.
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