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title: "3 Big book Quotes By Callimachus"
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> [Big book, a big bore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/big-book-a-big-bore/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

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> [“Mega biblion, mega kakon (Big book, big evil)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/mega-biblion-mega-kakon-big-book-big-evil/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/callimachus-30068_big-book_mega-biblion-mega-kakon-big-book-big-evi_1954100.png)

> [A big book is a big misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/a-big-book-is-a-big-misfortune/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

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## More by Callimachus

> [To little men, gods send little things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/to-little-men-gods-send-little-things/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/two-goddesses-now-must-cyprus-adore-the-muses-are-ten-and-the-graces/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [Nothing unattested do I sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/nothing-unattested-do-i-sing/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [A great book is like great evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/a-great-book-is-like-great-evil/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [A good man never dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/a-good-man-never-dies/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [You're walking by the tomb of Battiades, Who knew well how to write poetry, and enjoy Laughter at the right moment, over the wine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/you-re-walking-by-the-tomb-of-battiades-who-knew-well-how-to-write/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [Here sleeps Saon, of Acanthus, son of Dicon, a holy sleep: say not that the good die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/here-sleeps-saon-of-acanthus-son-of-dicon-a-holy-sleep-say-not-that/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/i-wept-as-i-remembered-how-often-you-and-i-had-tired-the-sun-with/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [And now that thou art lying, my dear old Carian guest, A handful of grey ashes, long, long ago at rest, Still are thy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/and-now-that-thou-art-lying-my-dear-old-carian-guest-a-handful-of/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [Big book, a big bore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/big-book-a-big-bore/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [Someone spoke of your death, Heraclitus. It brought me Tears, and I remembered how often together We ran the sun down with talk .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/someone-spoke-of-your-death-heraclitus-it-brought-me-tears-and-i/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [“Mega biblion, mega kakon (Big book, big evil)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/mega-biblion-mega-kakon-big-book-big-evil/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [A big book is a big misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/a-big-book-is-a-big-misfortune/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [O Charidas, what of the under world? Great darkness. And what of the resurrection? A lie. And Pluto? A fable; we perish utterly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/o-charidas-what-of-the-under-world-great-darkness-and-what-of-the/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

> [“They told me,Heraclitus,they told me you are dead, They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed... I wept when i…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callimachus/they-told-me-heraclitus-they-told-me-you-are-dead-they-brought-me/)

[Callimachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callimachus/)

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