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Some suppose H. to be imitating Heraclitus (fr. 15) ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν ὤτων ἀκριβέστεροι μάρτυρες; but the sentiment is a common one (cf. ‘seeing is believing’) and the verbal resemblance nil. The gnomic character of the story is obvious; cf. σκοπέειν τινὰ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ.

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