There are many marvellous stories told of Pherecydes. For it is said that he was walking along the seashore at Samos, and that seeing a ship sailing by with a fair wind, he said that it would soon sink; and presently it sank before his eyes. At another time he was drinking some water which had been drawn up out of a well, and he foretold that within three days there would be an earthquake; and there was one.
Diogenes LaertiusDiogenes 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 LaertiusWhen asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, Not to unlearn what you have learned!
Diogenes LaertiusIt used to be a common saying of Myson's that men ought not to seek for things in words, but for words in things; for that things are not made on account of words but that words are put together for the sake of things.
Diogenes Laertius