Consentanea repudiatis donis Fabricii vota exstiterunt: legatus enim ad Pyrrhum profectus, cum apud eum Cineam Thessalum narrantem audisset quendam Athenis esse clarum sapientia, suadentem ne quid aliud homines quam voluptatis causa facere vellent, pro monstro eam vocem accepit, continuoque Pyrrho et Samnitibus istam sapientiam deprecatus est.
Fabricius prayer fitted well with the spurned gifts. As an envoy to Pyrrhus he heard in the kings dwelling Cineas of Thessaly relating that in Athens there was one celebrated for his wisdom who recommended that men should not choose to do anything except for the sake of pleasure. He took that saying as something monstrous and immediately prayed that such wisdom might come to Pyrrhus and the Samnites.
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