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“Anacharsis coming to Athens, knocked at Solon's door, and told him that he, being a stranger, was come to be his guest, and contract a friendship with him; and Solon replying, "It is better to make friends at home," Anacharsis replied, "Then you that are at home make friendship with me."”
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- Source:
- Life of Solon.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 1ffffa05c0f78e432ab2c6ad2c3ed496963191c55035f4b7b8df39e72977be2f
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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