Book XV, 14: In Reply to the Above

And what mark of distinction dost thou bear, O empty braggart, to show that thou lovest the learned and excludest on the other hand the illiterate? Thou bearest neither gold, nor silver, nor ivory, but masters of carpentry wrought thee, ignorant of Calliope and with no skill of Hephaestus, to be a wooden seat for all, learned and unlearned alike.