Dion

Plutarch

Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives, Vol. VI. Perrin, Bernadotte, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1918.

For as Hippomachus the trainer used to declare that he could recognize his pupils from afar even though they were but carrying meat from the market-place, so it is natural that the principles of those who have been trained alike should permeate their actions; inducing in these a similar rhythm and harmony along with their propriety.

Moreover, the fortunes of the two men, which were the same in what befell them rather than in what they elected to do, make their lives alike.

For both were cut off untimely, without being able to achieve the objects to which they had determined to devote the fruits of their many and great struggles.