“What needs [saying] is worth saying twice.”

—  Empedocles , book On Nature

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On Nature

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…καὶ δὶς γάρ, ὅ δεῖ, καλόν ἐστιν ἐνισπεῖν.

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ancient Greek philosopher -490–-430 BC

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