Athenaeus quotes
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“Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.”
-- AthenaeusSource : Athenaeus (1854). “The Deipnosophists Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus: With an Appendix of Poetical Fragments, Rendered Into English Verse by Various Authors and a General Index : in Three Volumes”, p.1003
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“Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.”
-- AthenaeusSource : Athenaeus (1854). “The Deipnosophists Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus: With an Appendix of Poetical Fragments, Rendered Into English Verse by Various Authors and a General Index : in Three Volumes”, p.439
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“the Egyptians became fond of wine and bibulous; and so a way was found among them to help those who could not afford wine, namely, to drink that made from barley; they who took it were so elated that they sang, danced, and acted in every way like persons filled with wine.”
-- AthenaeusSource : Athenaeus (of Naucratis.), Charles Burton Gulick (1969). “The Deipnosophists”, Harvard Univ Pr
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“On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a [glass], and said that it was sixteen years old. 'It is very small for its age,' said Gnathaena.”
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“It is the mark of a gentleman to be moderate in the use of wine.”
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“It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that "Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got what they expected, and have lost what they had, - being unfortunate by an enigmatical sort of calamity."”
-- AthenaeusSource : Athenaeus (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of Athenaeus (Illustrated)”, p.471, Delphi Classics
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“Fasting cures diseases, dries up bodily humors, puts demons to flight, gets rid of impure thoughts, makes the mind clearer and the heart purer, the body sanctified, and raises man to the throne of God.”
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“I have heard a greater storm in a boiling pot.”
-- AthenaeusSource : "Atheneaus, 'Deipnosophistæ', VIII, 19". Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations V2: Drawn From The Speech And Literature Of All Nations, Ancient And Modern (1922), Book by Kate Louise Roberts, 2010.
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“Whoever gulps down wine as a horse gulps down water is called a Scythian.”
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“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry”
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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“Let's stop somebody from doing something! Everybody does too much.”
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Source : Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.55, Image
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