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“Agesilaus was very fond of his children; and it is reported that once toying with them he got astride upon a reed as upon a horse, and rode about the room; and being seen by one of his friends, he desired him not to speak of it till he had children of his own.”
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- quote
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 9e954f12082c6d4acc5031fd9fb6e204a3a990f4ec10a183838059da8293a1aa
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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