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• He said that in his whole life he most repented of three thing
  one was that he had trusted a secret to a woman; another, that he went by water when he might have gone by land...
• Once when Phocion had delivered an opinion which pleased the people,.
  .. he turned to his friend and said, "Have I not unawares spoken some mischievous thing or other?...
• Epaminondas is reported wittily to have said of a good man that died about the time of the battle of Leuctra, "How came he to have so much leisure as to die, when there was so much stirring?
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Rules for the Preservation of Health, 25...
• When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Demaratu...
• Being about to pitch his camp in a likely place, and hearing there was no hay to be had for the cattle, "What a life," said he, "is ours, since we must live according to the convenience of asses!
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Philip...
• When he was in great prosperity, and courted by many, seeing himself splendidly served at his table, he turned to his children and said
  "Children, we had been undone, if we had not been undone....
• Custom is almost a second nature.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Rules for the Preservation of Health, 18...
• Alcibiades had a very handsome dog, that cost him seven thousand drachma
  and he cut off his tail, "that," said he, "the Athenians may have this story to tell of me, and may concern themselves no further with me....
• WHY GOD WILL NEVER GET TENURE AT ANY UNIVERSITY 1. Only published one book.
  2. It was in Hebrew. 3. It had no references. 4. He did not publish it in referenced journals....