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

9168 Diogenes La&eumlrtius fl early 3d ent John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9168
AUTHOR:Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.)
QUOTATION:Pythagoras used to say that he had received as a gift from Mercury the perpetual transmigration of his soul, so that it was constantly transmigrating and passing into all sorts of plants or animals.
ATTRIBUTION:Pythagoras. iv.