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It was a saying of his that the vine bore three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the next of intoxication, | It was a saying of his that the vine bore three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the next of intoxication, | ||
- | 104. Oil he called a drug which produced madness, because the athletes when they anoint themselves with it are maddened against each other. How is it, he asked, that the Greeks prohibit falsehood and yet obviously tell falsehoods in retail trade? Nor could he understand why at the beginning of their feasts they drink from small goblets and when they are " | + | 104. Oil he called a drug which produced madness, because the athletes when they anoint themselves with it are maddened against each other. How is it, he asked, that the Greeks prohibit falsehood and yet obviously tell falsehoods in retail trade? Nor could he understand why at the beginning of their feasts they drink from small goblets and when they are " |
105. To the question, "What among men is both good and bad?" his answer was "The tongue." | 105. To the question, "What among men is both good and bad?" his answer was "The tongue." | ||
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**Anacharsis** to Croesus | **Anacharsis** to Croesus | ||
- | "I have come, O King of the Lydians, to the land of the Greeks to be instructed in their manners and pursuits. And I am not even in quest of gold, but am well content to return to Scythia a better man. At all events here I am in Sardis, being greatly desirous of making your acquaintance."</ | + | "I have come, O King of the Lydians, to the land of the Greeks to be instructed in their manners and pursuits. And I am not even in quest of gold, but am well content to return to Scythia a better man. At all events here I am in Sardis, being greatly desirous of making your acquaintance." |
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+ | Source: The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, |
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