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Pack only what will swim with you in a shipwreck.

Antisthenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.6

The source

"Pack only what will swim with you in a shipwreck." Antisthenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.6. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"τοιαῦτʼ ἔφη δεῖν ποιεῖσθαι ἐφόδια ἃ καὶ ναυαγήσαντι συγκολυμβήσει."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.6. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.

Who said it

Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Student of Socrates and forerunner of the Cynics.

Questions

Who said "Pack only what will swim with you in a shipwreck."?
Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.6.
What is the original Greek?
τοιαῦτʼ ἔφη δεῖν ποιεῖσθαι ἐφόδια ἃ καὶ ναυαγήσαντι συγκολυμβήσει. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Water.

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