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• Pythagoras, when he was asked what time was, answered that it was the soul of this world.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Platonic Questions, viii, 4...
• When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of oratory, he answered, "Actio
  and which was the second, he replied, "Action;" and which was the third, he still answered, "Action....
• Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Whether an Aged Man ought to meddle in State Affai...
• When Alexander asked Diogenes whether he wanted anything, "Yes," said he, "I would have you stand from between me and the sun.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Alexande...
• Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be,--a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Themistocle...
• Diogenes the Cynic, when a little before his death he fell into a slumber, and his physician rousing him out of it asked him whether anything ailed him, wisely answered, "Nothing, si
  only one brother anticipates another,--Sleep before Death....
• Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Dionysiu...
• When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Demaratu...
• Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, "To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...