16 Famous Quotes by Laertius Diogenes
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About Laertius Diogenes
Diogenes Laertius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a principal source for the history of Greek philosophy.
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Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Laertius Diogenes , Source: also attributed to William Shakespeare
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If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Laertius Diogenes , Source: also attributed to William Shakespeare
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Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."
Possession
Quotes, by Laertius Diogenes , Source: Lives of Eminent Philosophers (Bion, III)
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When asked what wines he liked to drink he replied, "That which
belongs to another."
- Laertius Diogenes,
Wine and spirits
Quotes, by Laertius Diogenes , Source: Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers--Diogenes (VI), (Yonge's translation)
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Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.
Reason
Quotes, by Laertius Diogenes , Source: Socrates (V)
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Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, "Courage, my
boy; that is the complexion of virtue."
Blushes
Quotes, by Laertius Diogenes , Source: Diogenes (VI)
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