Pittacus said that half was more than the whole.[758:2]
Pittacus. ii.
Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge."[758:3]
Pittacus. iii.
One of his sayings was, "Even the gods cannot strive against necessity."[758:4]
Pittacus. iv.
Another was, "Watch your opportunity."
Pittacus. vii.
Bias used to say that men ought to calculate life both as if they were fated to live a long and a short time, and that they ought to love one another as if at a future time they would come to hate one another; for that most men were bad.
Bias. v.