Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Socrates, 16.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers
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“Whichever you do, you will repent it.”
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Unless you know the lingo,
If you do, like me,
You will repent, by jingo.”
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““What do you mean by a tyrant?”
“One whose blood was poisoned by the ambition to rule over others.””
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 10 (p. 309)
“Spineless politics do not change the mind of a tyrant.”
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May 29, 1940; Vol. 1, p. 73.
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