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• He preferred an honest man that wooed his daughter, before a rich man.
  I would rather," said Themistocles, "have a man that wants money than money that wants a man....
• Eurybiades lifting up his staff as if he were going to strike, Themistocles said, "Strike, if you will
  but hear." -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
• You speak truth," said Themistocles; "I should never have been famous if I had been of Seriphu
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
• Themistocles said to Antiphales, "Time, young man, has taught us both a lesson.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
• Themistocles said that he certainly could not make use of any stringed instrume
  could only, were a small and obscure city put into his hands, make it great and glorious....
• When Alexander asked Diogenes whether he wanted anything, "Yes," said he, "I would have you stand from between me and the sun.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Alexande...
• Themistocles said that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can be shown only by spreading and extending it ou
  when it is contracted and folded up, they are obscured and lost....
• From Themistocles began the saying, "He is a second Hercules.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Theseu...
• 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....