Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy) quotes and words of wisdom

"Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men."
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"I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food of the gods."
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