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The general rule of old was Distrust, which the crafty Sicilian, as Cicero (_Ad Attic. _ i. 19) calls Epicharmus, was always whispering in his ear.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839
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In the same way, the mereological essentialist will endorse the earlier arguments from Epicharmus and Chrysippus: the debtor cannot gain new matter and Dion cannot survive the loss of his right foot.
Material Constitution Wasserman, Ryan 2009
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The ancient playwright Epicharmus tells the tale of a poor but resourceful debtor.
Material Constitution Wasserman, Ryan 2009
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Thirdly, for the mutual agreement, as being of the same kind: Sus sui, canis cani, bos bovi, et asinus asino pulcherrimus videtur, as Epicharmus held, and according to that adage of
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Summon the great masters of either kind of poetry — Epicharmus, the prince of
Theaetetus 2007
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Hold fast to the saying of Epicharmus, that the bone and sinew of wisdom is ‘Never trust rashly.’
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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Hold fast to the saying of Epicharmus, that the bone and sinew of wisdom is ‘Never trust rashly.’
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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The dispute concerning increase is indeed ancient; for the question, as Chrysippus says, was put by Epicharmus.
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The comic writer Epicharmus, an ancient author, and of the school of
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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The same effect is produced by piling up facts in a climax after the manner of Epicharmus.
Rhetoric Aristotle 2002
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