# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.7e.6

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 8, Chapter 7e. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/valerius-maximus/facta-et-dicta-memorabilia/8.7e.6

Quali porro studio Anaxagoran flagrasse credimus? qui cum e diutina peregrinatione patriam repetisset possessionesque desertas uidisset, 'non essem' inquit 'ego saluus, nisi istae perissent'. uocem petitae sapientiae compotem! nam si praediorum potius quam ingenii culturae uacasset, dominus rei familiaris intra penates mansisset, non tantus Anaxagoras ad eos redisset.

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Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, ed. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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