A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered,
"In silence."
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Archelaus
"In silence."
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Archelaus
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he answered, "Action;" and which was the second, he... - Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth,
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and his physician rousing him out of it asked him whether... - Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure,
he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall... - 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... - Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, "To do without
being commanded what others do from fear of the laws."
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Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle,...
From the same category:
- Now my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than
we suppose,
but queerer than we *can* suppose. I have read and... - Now spurs the lated traveller apace
To gain the timely inn.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth -- Act iii... - Philosophers think they
do it... - Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.
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William Collins,... - Reality is rarely what we imaging. Great and noble things do not
always happen for great and noble reasons.
Tracy Thompson, 'Reader's Digest,' Oct....
