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

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

Cleobulus said, As touching fooles, I will tell you a tale which I heard my mother once relate unto a brother of mine.

From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley

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

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

Cleobulus, one of the seven sages of Greece; friend of Plato; wrote lyrics and riddles in verse, 530 B.C.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall