“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)
“Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.”
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)
“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.”
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)
“Man is the most intelligent of animals ― and the most silly.”
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)
“Why not whip the teacher when the student misbehaves?”
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)
"Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words."
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)
"There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law."
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)
"Time is the image of eternity."
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)
"When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, To know one's self. And what was easy, To advise another."
― Diogenes Laertius (3rd cn.)