Pitʹtacus (Greek, Pittakos).
One of the “Seven Sages” of Greece. His great sayings were: (1) “Know the right time” (“Gnoʹthi kairon”), and (2) “ʹTis a sore thing to be eminent” (“Chalepon esthlon emmenai”).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.