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

The following may be selected:— "Cleobulus I love, for Cleobulus I am mad, Cleobulus I watch and worship with my gaze."

From A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion by John Addington Symonds

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

From Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin

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

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 answered: The law has prescribed a measure for wise men; but as touching foolish ones I will tell you a story I once heard my father relate to my brother.

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

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