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Empedocles

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“οὐδέ τι τοῦ παντὸς κενεὸν πέλει οὐδὲ περισσόν.”
— Nothing of the All is either empty or superfluous.
“…καὶ δὶς γάρ, ὅ δεῖ, καλόν ἐστιν ἐνισπεῖν.”
— What needs [saying] is worth saying twice.
“αἰθήρ ⟨δ’ αὖ⟩ μακρῆισι κατὰ χθόνα δύετο ῥίζαις.”
— With deep roots Ether plunged into earth.
“ἔστιν ἀνάγκης χρῆμα, θεῶν ψήφισμα παλαιόν, εὖτέ τις ἀμπλακίῃσι φόνῳ φίλα γυῖα μιήνῃ, δαίμονες οἵ τε μακραίωνος λελάχασι βίοιο, τρίς μιν μυρίας ὥρας ἀπὸ μακάρων ἀλάλησθαι, τὴν καὶ ἐγὼ νῦν εἶμι, φυγὰς θεόθεν καὶ ἀλήτης”
— A law there is, an oracle of Doom, Of old enacted by the assembled gods, That if a Daemon—such as live for ages— Defile himself with foul and sinful murder, He must for seasons thrice ten thousand roam Far from the Blest; such is the path I tread, I too a wanderer and exile from heaven.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Empedocles: mountain · episode of The X-Files (S8 E17)

“οὐδέ τι τοῦ παντὸς κενεὸν πέλει οὐδὲ περισσόν.”
— Nothing of the All is either empty or superfluous.
“…καὶ δὶς γάρ, ὅ δεῖ, καλόν ἐστιν ἐνισπεῖν.”
— What needs [saying] is worth saying twice.
“αἰθήρ ⟨δ’ αὖ⟩ μακρῆισι κατὰ χθόνα δύετο ῥίζαις.”
— With deep roots Ether plunged into earth.
“ἔστιν ἀνάγκης χρῆμα, θεῶν ψήφισμα παλαιόν, εὖτέ τις ἀμπλακίῃσι φόνῳ φίλα γυῖα μιήνῃ, δαίμονες οἵ τε μακραίωνος λελάχασι βίοιο, τρίς μιν μυρίας ὥρας ἀπὸ μακάρων ἀλάλησθαι, τὴν καὶ ἐγὼ νῦν εἶμι, φυγὰς θεόθεν καὶ ἀλήτης”
— A law there is, an oracle of Doom, Of old enacted by the assembled gods, That if a Daemon—such as live for ages— Defile himself with foul and sinful murder, He must for seasons thrice ten thousand roam Far from the Blest; such is the path I tread, I too a wanderer and exile from heaven.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.