Laertius Diogenes



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"All things are in common among friends."

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"Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he, That when they speak truth they are not believed."

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"Blushing is the color of virtue."

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"'Bury me on my face,' said Diogenes and when he was asked why, he replied, 'Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.'"

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"Chilo advised, not to speak evil of the dead."

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"Democritus says, But we know nothing really for truth lies deep down."

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"He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge and one only evil, namely, ignorance."

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"He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing."

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"I am a citizen of the world."

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"It takes a wise man to discover a wise man."

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"Nothing can be produced out of nothing."

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"Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions... that laws were like cobwebs, --for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off."

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"The mob is the mother of tyrants."

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"The question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, The dream of a waking man."

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"Time is the image of eternity."

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"We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less."

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"When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, 'To know one's self.' And what was easy, 'To advise another.'"

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