John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9170 Diogenes Laërtius 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] |