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He also said that he marvelled that among the Greeks, those who were skilful in a thing contend toge...

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A vine bears three grapes, the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, and the third of repent...

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Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance and shimmy, and you've got an audi...

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

Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.

As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist. For many are the ...

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Step out of my sunlight.

We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.

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Diogenes Laërtius

Philosopher

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Diogenes Laërtius (fl. c. 3rd century AD), was a biographer of ancient Greek philosophers. His Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, in ten books, is still extant and is an important source of information on the development of Greek philosophy. The period when he lived is not exactly known, but it is supposed to have been during the reigns of Septimius Severus and Caracalla.More