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He appointed one of Antipater's friends to the position of judge, but later, on learning that the man dyed his beard and hair, he removed him, at the same 1 [p. 51] time remarking that he did not believe that a man who was untrustworthy in the matter of hair was fit to be trusted in actions.2

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2 The sentiment is attributed to Archidamus regarding a man from Chios, in Aelian, Varia Historia, vii. 20; cf. Stobaeus, Florilegium, xii. 20.

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