Diogenes

Diogenes

Diogenes Laertius (; , Diogenēs Laertios; fl. c. 3rd century CE) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers.

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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

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As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

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The great thieves lead away the little thief.

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Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

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Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

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