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

9098 Diogenes La&eumlrtius fl early 3d ent John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9098
AUTHOR:Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.)
QUOTATION:Bias used to say that men ought to calculate life both as if they were fated to live a long and a short time, and that they ought to love one another as if at a future time they would come to hate one another; for that most men were bad.
ATTRIBUTION:Bias. v.