John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9168 Diogenes Laërtius 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. |