Tarentinus Archytas, dum se Pythagorae praeceptis Metaponti penitus immergit, magno labore longoque tempore solidum opus doctrinae complexus, postquam in patriam revertit ac rura sua revisere coepit, animadvertit neglegentia vilici corrupta et perdita, intuensque male meritum sumpsissem inquit a te supplicium, nisi tibi iratus essem: maluit enim impunitum dimittere quam propter iram iusto gravius punire.
Archytas of Tarentum plunged deep into the precepts of Pythagoras at Metapontum and after much labour and a long time embraced a solid structure of learning. On returning to his country he proceeded to revisit his rural property and found it gone to wrack and ruin through the negligence of the bailiff. Looking at the delinquent, he said: I should chastise you if I were not angry with you. For he preferred to let the man go unpunished rather than punish him to excess because of his anger.
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