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Essays — Michel de Montaigne

according to what the oracle answered to those of Delphos who, fearing to be invaded by the Persians in the Median war, inquired of Apollo, how they should dispose of the holy treasure of his temple; whether they should hide, or remove it to some other place? He returned them answer, that they should stir nothing from thence, and only take care of themselves, for he was sufficient to look to what belonged to him. --[Herodotus, viii. 36.].--

Place: CHAPTER XXII · ¶667
License: Public domain · Source
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