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Full Idea
One must avoid even speaking of evil deeds.
Gist of Idea
One must avoid even speaking of evil deeds
Source
Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B190), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 3.01.91
Book Ref
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.109
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