Cleobulus

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[klee-oh-byoo-luhs, klee-uh-, klee-ob-yuh-luhs] / ˌkli oʊˈbju ləs, ˌkli ə-, kliˈɒb jə ləs /

noun

1. flourished 560 b.c., Greek sage and lyric poet, a native and tyrant of Lindus, Rhodes.

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Cleobulus

Fifthly, Cleobulus said, Where the rulers fear reproof and shame more than the law.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

“We should do good to our enemy,” said Cleobulus, “and make him our friend.”

From The Sympathy of Religions by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Cleobulus said, That in which the master is more beloved than feared.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

There everybody was talking about King Cleobulus and his wonderful wisdom.

From Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin

Here, the Cumans say, he composed an epitaph on Gordius, king of Phrygia, which has however, and with greater probability, been attributed to Cleobulus of Lindus.

From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope