Athenaeus quotes

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness. (Athenaeus)
Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. View quote
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It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that "Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got what they expected, and have lost what they had,-being unfortunate by an enigmatical sort of calamity." View quote
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On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine-cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very small for its age," said Gnathæna. View quote
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Dorion, ridiculing the description of a tempest in the "Nautilus" of Timotheus, said that he had seen a more formidable storm in a boiling saucepan. View quote
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Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. View quote
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