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Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!"
Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!"
Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. Dionysius.
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