![To Harmodius, descended from the ancient Harmodius, when he reviled Iphicrates [a shoemaker's son] for his mean birth, "My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you.](/assets/img/quote-photos/to-harmodius-descended-from-the-ancient-harmodius-when-he-reviled-iphicrates-a.jpg)
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