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Book XI · 24

The Lacedaemonians at their public spectacles used to set seats in the shade for strangers, but themselves sat down anywhere.

The Spartans at their spectacles assigned to strangers seats in the shade, but themselves took their chance of seats anywhere.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.24. Translated by George Long (1862). The Stoic Library.