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And possessions
which bring no profit; for they are more gentlemanly. Customs that are peculiar
to individual peoples and all the tokens of what is esteemed among them are
noble; for instance, in Lacedaemon it
is noble to wear one's hair long, for it is the mark of a gentleman, the
performance of any servile task being difficult for one whose hair is long.
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