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Euripides says,—
Who knows but that this life is really death,
And whether death is not what men call life?
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Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, "To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws."
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (200)
Asked from what country he came, he replied, "I am a citizen of the world."
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (200)
He used to teach that God is incorporeal, as Plato also asserted, and that his providence extends over all the heavenly bodies.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (200)
Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge."
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He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live.
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He declared that he knew nothing, except the fact of his ignorance.
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When a man reproached him for going into unclean places, he said, "The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them."
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The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.
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"Be of good cheer," said Diogenes; "I see land."
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.
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Being asked whether it was better to marry or not, he replied, "Whichever you do, you will repent it."
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (200)
Often when he was looking on at auctions he would say, "How many things there are which I do not need!"
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The mountains, too, at a distance appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand, they are rough.
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Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule in his comedies, as making the worse appear the better reason.
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Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.
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When asked what wine he liked to drink, he replied, "That which belongs to another."
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One of the sophisms of Chrysippus was, "If you have not lost a thing, you have it."
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If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.
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