Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated
the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale
itself.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Life of Agesilaus II
the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale
itself.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Life of Agesilaus II
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