Of Marriage. Of the Beam in the Sky.* Of Peace. On Laws. On Customs. Of Opportunity. Dionysius. Concerning Chalcis. A Denunciation of the Athenians. On Antiphanes. Historical Introduction. Letters. A Sworn Assembly. Of Old Age. Rights. Aesop’s Fables. Anecdotes. His style is philosophical, with an admixture of rhetorical vigour and force. When he heard that the Athenians had destroyed his statues, ‘‘ That they may do,” said he, “but the merits which caused them to be erected they cannot destroy.” He used to say that the eyebrows formed but a small part of the face, and yet they can darken the whole of life by the scorn they express. Again, he said that not only was Plutus blind, but his guide, Fortune, as well; that all that steel could achieve in war was won in politics by eloquence. On seeing a young dandy, ‘‘ There,’ quoth he, “is a four - square Hermes for you, with trailing robe, belly, beard and
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
Hermes — a candidate entry
Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I (Books I-V), Diogenes Laertius — translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925
Apparatus shelf — Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. I (R. D. Hicks translation, Loeb L184) · R. D. Hicks, Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann / New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, MCMXXV (1925)
license: public-domain (US: published 1925, pre-1930 — the MCMXXV title page verified by the 2026-07-08 acquisition lane, pin in ops/sources/MANIFEST.md; only the English rectos are served, Hicks's translation)