Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Eustache Deschamps , Balades , mccxliv . Cf. the saying of DIOGENES ( C. 412323 B.C. ) « Τον πλούσιον αμαθή πρόβατον ( είπε ) χρυσόμαλλον . ” ( “ Α rich man without instruction is a sheep with a golden fleece . " ) Diogenes Laertius ...
Eustache Deschamps , Balades , mccxliv . Cf. the saying of DIOGENES ( C. 412323 B.C. ) « Τον πλούσιον αμαθή πρόβατον ( είπε ) χρυσόμαλλον . ” ( “ Α rich man without instruction is a sheep with a golden fleece . " ) Diogenes Laertius ...
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Diogenes Laertius , IX . , 1 , 2 , I. Vous aviez promis de m'épargner des souffrances inutiles . ( You promised to spare me useless suffering ) . Last words of H.-G. Riquetti , COMTE DE MIRABEAU ( 1746-91 ) alluding to his request for ...
Diogenes Laertius , IX . , 1 , 2 , I. Vous aviez promis de m'épargner des souffrances inutiles . ( You promised to spare me useless suffering ) . Last words of H.-G. Riquetti , COMTE DE MIRABEAU ( 1746-91 ) alluding to his request for ...
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Allos ėyu . ( A second sell ) . Zeno ( d.c. 260 B.C . ) - on being asked who was a true friend . ( Di. ogenes Laertius , Lives : Zeno , $ 23 ) . Commonly quoted in the Laiin form , “ alter ego . ” ' Αλλ ' εγώ ου καταγελώμαι .
Allos ėyu . ( A second sell ) . Zeno ( d.c. 260 B.C . ) - on being asked who was a true friend . ( Di. ogenes Laertius , Lives : Zeno , $ 23 ) . Commonly quoted in the Laiin form , “ alter ego . ” ' Αλλ ' εγώ ου καταγελώμαι .
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Ανθρωπον ζητώ . ( I am looking for a man ) . DIOGENES ( 412-323 B.C. ) - having lighted a candle at noon , and bei asked the reason why he did so ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , $ 41 ) . Phaedrus ( Fabulae , bk .
Ανθρωπον ζητώ . ( I am looking for a man ) . DIOGENES ( 412-323 B.C. ) - having lighted a candle at noon , and bei asked the reason why he did so ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , $ 41 ) . Phaedrus ( Fabulae , bk .
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550 B.C. ) ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Bias , $ 87 ) . Γίνεται τοίνυν βούλομαι : βούλομαι γάρ ' Αθηναίους τούτο λαλείν , ίνα μή τι χείρον περί εμού λέγωσι . ( Just what I wanted has happened , then ; for I wish the Athenians to gossip ...
550 B.C. ) ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Bias , $ 87 ) . Γίνεται τοίνυν βούλομαι : βούλομαι γάρ ' Αθηναίους τούτο λαλείν , ίνα μή τι χείρον περί εμού λέγωσι . ( Just what I wanted has happened , then ; for I wish the Athenians to gossip ...
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