Being asked by someone how much he owed him for what he had learned, "If you will tell them that you learned it from me," [Thales] replied, "you will have recompensed me for your education."
ἐρομένου γάρ τινος, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἔμαθεν ὁπόσον τινὰ χρὴ καταβαλεῖν μισθόν· "ὁμολογῶν", ἔφη, "τὸ παρ'ἡμῶν μαθεῖν τὴν ἀξίαν ἡμῖν ἐκτίσεις."
Tales DK A19 (= Juliano, Orationes 3.162.2)
The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy, Cambridge: 2010 (trad.: Daniel Graham).
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