Friday, February 28, 2025
A Goodly Store
Xenophon, Hellenica 6.5.40 (tr. Carleton L. Brownson):
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And you should bear in mind this likewise, that it is meet both for individuals and for states to acquire a goodly store in the days when they are strongest, in order that, if some day they become powerless, they may draw upon their previous labours for succour.Cf. the fable of the ant and the cricket.
ἐνθυμεῖσθαι δὲ καὶ τάδε χρή, ὅτι κτᾶσθαι μέν τι ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἰδιώταις καὶ πόλεσι προσήκει, ὅταν ἐρρωμενέστατοι ὦσιν, ἵνα ἔχωσιν, ἐάν ποτ᾽ ἀδύνατοι γένωνται, ἐπικουρίαν τῶν προπεπονημένων.
