Sparta doesn’t need your fancy-shmancy walls.

>Some thousands of years ago a minister recommended to [Lycurgus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Statue_of_Lycurgus_of_Sparta%2C_at_the_Law_Courts_of_Brussels%2C_December_30%2C_2013.jpg) that he should enclose the city of Sparta within walls. The Greek statesman replied, “Any city is well fortified which has real men instead of brick.” ___________________________ **Source:** Humes, James C. *Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous*. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. 54. Print. ___________________________ **Further Reading:** [Λυκοῦργος (Lycurgus of Sparta)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycurgus_of_Sparta)