Fragment 107
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Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men who have barbarian souls.
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[ Hide commentary ]The word βαρβάρους ('barbarian') is best interpretted as 'do not know the language'. Burnet translates the fragment this way (i.e., men who "have souls that understand not their language").