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one law is you must steal but never get caught or Ill be humiliated and servilely punished

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Spartan boys were never fed enough, the were kept hungry. To satisfy their hunger they had to steal food (money had no real value in Ancient Sparta - being made of iron and dipped in vinegar - so there was no point in stealing money) to eat. If caught, there were punished. BUT NOT FOR STEALING, rather they were punished for BEING CAUGHT - stealth being the ultimate goal of learning how to steal.The life is tough in Sparta because they used to trained the girls in early age to get a better broom.

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