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I was Euphorbus at the siege of Troy.
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As reported by Heraclides Ponticus (c. 360 B.C), and Diogenes Laėrtius, and quoted in Cosmic Optimism : A Study of the Interpretation of Evolution (1949) by Frederick William Conner
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Misquoted as "I was at Euphorbus at the siege of Troy." in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)

 
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