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Full Idea
The hand washes the hand; give something and you may get something.
Gist of Idea
Hands wash hands; give that you may get
Source
Epicharmus (comedies (frags) [c.470 BCE], B30), quoted by (who?) - where?
Book Ref
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.37
| 16066 | Additional or removal of any part changes a thing, so people are never the same person [Epicharmus] |
| 436 | A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus] |
| 439 | God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus] |
| 440 | Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus] |
| 441 | Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus] |
| 442 | Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus] |
| 443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |