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Theophrastus
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“Συνεχές τε … πολυτελὲς ἀνάλωμα εἶναι τὸν χρόνον.”
Theophrastus (371–287 BC) said by 287 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Θεόφραστος (el)
“The Unseasonable man is one who will go up to a busy person, and open his heart to him. He will serenade his mistress when she has a fever. He will address himself to a man who has been cast in a surety-suit, and request him to become his security. He will come to give evidence when the trial is over.”
Theophrastus (371–287 BC) said by 287 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Characters, ch. 9 (12); translation from R. C. Jebb and J. E. Sandys (trans.), The Characters of Theophrastus (London: Macmillan, 1909), p. 75.
“Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.”
Theophrastus (371–287 BC) said by 287 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Characters, ch. 28 (16); translation from R. C. Jebb and J. E. Sandys (trans.), The Characters of Theophrastus (London: Macmillan, 1909), p. 139.
“Εἰ μὲν ἀμαθὴς εἶ, φρονίμως ποιεῖς, εἰ δὲ πεπαίδευσαι, ἀφρόνως.”
Theophrastus (371–287 BC) said by 287 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius; translation from C. D. Yonge (trans.), The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (London: H. G. Bohn, 1853), p. 196.
Also quoted by: Θεόφραστος (el)
“Ἐπισκήπτειν μὲν ἔχειν οὐδέν, πλὴν ὅτι πολλὰ τῶν ἡδέων ὁ βίος διὰ τὴν δόξαν καταλαζονεύεται. Ἡμεῖς γὰρ ὁπότ' ἀρχόμεθα ζῆν, τότ' ἀποθνῄσκομεν. Οὐδὲν οὖν ἀλυσιτελέστερόν ἐστι φιλοδοξίας.”
Theophrastus (371–287 BC) said by 287 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius; translation from C. D. Yonge (trans.), The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (London: H. G. Bohn, 1853), p. 196.