Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, "It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper. (Diogenes Laërtius)

Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, "It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper.

Diogenes Laërtius

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