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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

9105 Diogenes La&eumlrtius fl early 3d ent John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9105
AUTHOR:Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.)
QUOTATION:There are many marvellous stories told of Pherecydes. For it is said that he was walking along the seashore at Samos, and that seeing a ship sailing by with a fair wind, he said that it would soon sink; and presently it sank before his eyes. At another time he was drinking some water which had been drawn up out of a well, and he foretold that within three days there would be an earthquake; and there was one.
ATTRIBUTION:Pherecydes. ii.