Preserved by Herodian the grammarian, who lived about 160 A.D.
36
Οὐκ οἶδ' οττι θέω· δύο μοι τα νοήματα.
I know not what to do; my mind is divided.
Quoted by the Stoic philosopher Chrysippus, about 220 B.C.
37
Ψαύην δ' οὐ δοκίμοιμ' ὀράνω δύσι πάχεσιν.
I do not think to touch the sky with my two arms.
Quoted by Herodian. Cf. Horace, Carm. I. i. 36, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice,—
My head, exalted so, will touch the stars,