Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... μὲν ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους ζῆν , ἐσθίοιεν αὐτὸν δὲ ἐσθίειν , ἵνα Swn . ( Other men live to eat , but I eat to live ) . SOCRATES ( B.C. 468-399 ) - ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives : Socrates , § 34 ) . Another version : Οἱ μὲν λοιποὶ ζῶσιν ἵν ̓ ...
... μὲν ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους ζῆν , ἐσθίοιεν αὐτὸν δὲ ἐσθίειν , ἵνα Swn . ( Other men live to eat , but I eat to live ) . SOCRATES ( B.C. 468-399 ) - ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives : Socrates , § 34 ) . Another version : Οἱ μὲν λοιποὶ ζῶσιν ἵν ̓ ...
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... μὲν ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν , Θεμιστόκλεις , καλὸν δὲ καὶ στρατηγικὸν ἀληθῶς ἡ περὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐγκράτεια . ( That , Them- istocles , is very true ; but it is also the part of an honourable general to keep his hands clean ) . ARISTIDES ( d . 469 ...
... μὲν ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν , Θεμιστόκλεις , καλὸν δὲ καὶ στρατηγικὸν ἀληθῶς ἡ περὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐγκράτεια . ( That , Them- istocles , is very true ; but it is also the part of an honourable general to keep his hands clean ) . ARISTIDES ( d . 469 ...
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... μὲν ἐστιν , ὦ πολῖται , πρὸς γαστέρα λέγειν ὦτα οὐκ ἔχουσαν . ( It is a difficult task , fellow- citizens , to make the stomach hear reason , seeing that it has no ears ) . - CATO MAJOR ( 234-149 B.C ) .— beginning of a discourse to the ...
... μὲν ἐστιν , ὦ πολῖται , πρὸς γαστέρα λέγειν ὦτα οὐκ ἔχουσαν . ( It is a difficult task , fellow- citizens , to make the stomach hear reason , seeing that it has no ears ) . - CATO MAJOR ( 234-149 B.C ) .— beginning of a discourse to the ...
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS I | 30 |
FRENCH SAYINGS | 82 |
GERMAN 99 | 190 |
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