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When Some One Reminded Him That The People Of Sinope Had Sentenced Him To Exile, He Said, "and I Sentenced Them To Stay At Home."

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When Some One Reminded Him That The People Of Sinope Had Sentenced Him To Exile, He Said, "and I Sentenced Them To Stay At Home."

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