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“To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said, "I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot."”
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- quote
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- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 2dd774abd916c69e07b121c4aba8e8d2205e4565fd701181f49464ffc3963dfb
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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