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

9170 Diogenes La&eumlrtius fl early 3d ent John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9170
AUTHOR:Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.)
QUOTATION:Among what he called his precepts were such as these: Do not stir the fire with a sword. Do not sit down on a bushel. Do not devour thy heart. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Pythagoras. xvii.
 
Note 1.
See Spenser, Quotation 28. [back]