"Are not the Scythians of men the wisest? Who when their children are first born do give them The milk of mares and cows to drink at once, And do not trust them to dishonest nurses, Or tutors, who of evils are the worst, Except the midwives only. For that class Is worst of all, and next to them do come The begging priests of mighty Cybele; And it is hard to find a baser lot— Unless indeed you speak of fishmongers, But they are worse than even money-changers, And are in fact the worst of all mankind."
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Antiphanes, in his Hater of Wickedness, as quoted by Athenaeus, 6, 9 (Tr. C. D. Yonge)
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