On Timon, Diogenes Laertius 9.12
“Antigonos says that Timon was fond of drinking; and, whenever he had free time from philosophizing, he wrote poems”
Ἦν δέ, φησὶν ὁ Ἀντίγονος, καὶ φιλοπότης καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν φιλοσόφων εἰ σχολάζοι ποιήματα συνέγραφε
9.112
“Follow me now, you busybodies and sophists!”
ἔσπετε νῦν μοι ὅσοι πολυπράγμονές ἐστε σοφισταί.
9.113
“He died near the age of ninety, according to Antigonos and Sôtiôn in his eleventh volume. I heard that he also had one eye and he used to call himself Cyclops. There was also another Timôn, the Misanthrope”
Ἐτελεύτησε δ᾽ ἐγγὺς ἐτῶν ἐνενήκοντα, ὥς φησιν ὁ Ἀντίγονος καὶ Σωτίων ἐν τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ. τοῦτον ἐγὼ καὶ ἑτερόφθαλμον ἤκουσα, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς αὑτὸν Κύκλωπα ἐκάλει. γέγονε καὶ ἕτερος Τίμων ὁ μισάνθρωπος.
Cratinus fr. 199
“Wine is like a swift horse for a charming poet; you won’t produce anything clever if you’re drinking water.”
οἶνός τοι χαρίεντι πέλει ταχὺς ἵππος ἀοιδῷ,
ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν.
