Apophthegmata Laconica

Plutarch

Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).

In answer to the man who was insistent that he establish a democracy in the State Lycurgus said, Do you first create a democracy in your own house. [*](Cf. the note on Moralia, 189 E (2), supra. )

When someone inquired why he ordained such small and inexpensive sacrifices to the gods, he said, So that we may honour the Divine powers without ceasing. [*](Cf. the note on Moralia, 172 B, supra. )