Nec parum grave Spartani cuiusdam dictum, si quidem nobilitate et sanctitate praestans, sed in petitione magistratus victus, maximae sibi laetitiae esse praedicavit quod aliquos patria sua se meliores viros haberet.
Not unimpressive is the saying of a certain Spartan. Eminent in noble birth and purity of life but defeated in his candidature for a magistracy, he said it was a great joy to him that the country had some better men than himself.
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