Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.

Μέγιστον τόπος· ἅπαντα γὰρ χωρεῖ

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35

A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908)

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