If I weren't angry, I'd have killed you.
Charillus, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Charillus 3 (232c)
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Charillus, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Charillus 3 (232c)
"If I weren't angry, I'd have killed you." Charillus said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Charillus 3 (232c). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"εἰ μὴ ὠργιζόμην εἶπε κατέκτανον ἄν σε."Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Charillus 3 (232c). Greek: Bernardakis 1889 (Teubner) via Perseus; To an insolent helot: he would not punish in anger.
The Spartans (8th–4th century BC). Laconic sayings from Lycurgus, Leonidas, Dienekes and the mothers of Sparta, recorded by Herodotus and Plutarch.
If I weren't angry, I'd have killed you.
Charillus, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Charillus 3 (232c)
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