Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone. Pyrrhus, from Plutarch, Lives
king of Epirus 306b-302b, 297b-272b (319 BC - 272 BC) Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest. Bion
Greek bucolic poet (~100 BC) Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve. Chinese Proverb The goal of life is living in agreement with nature. Zeno, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Greek philosopher (335 BC - 264 BC) Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. Theophrastus, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Greek botanist, humorist, & naturalist (300 BC - 287 BC) Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Greek philosopher (341 BC - 270 BC) Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not. Epicurus, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Greek philosopher (341 BC - 270 BC) The man who runs may fight again. Menander, Monostikoi (Single Lines)
Greek comic dramatist (342 BC - 292 BC) It is not white hair that engenders wisdom. Menander, Unidentified fragment
Greek comic dramatist (342 BC - 292 BC) I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade. Menander, Unidentified fragment
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