# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.7e.8

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

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Socraten etiam constat aetate prouectum fidibus tractandis operam dare coepisse satius iudicantem eius artis usum sero quam numquam percipere. et quantula Socrati accessio illa futura scientia erat? sed peruicax hominis industria tantis doctrinae suae diuitiis etiam musicae rationis uilissimum elementum accedere uoluit. ergo dum ad discendum semper se pauperem credit, ad docendum fecit locupletissimum.

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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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