As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those who eat much are full of diseases.
—Diogenes Laertius
The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other
—Diogenes Laertius
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Insults
A blush is the color of virtue.
—Diogenes Laertius
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Perfection
Most men are within a finger’s breadth of being mad.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Sanity
Blushing is the color of virtue.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Virtue, Humility
To reach perfection, we must be made sensible of our failings, either by the admonitions of friends, or the invectives of enemies.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Self-Knowledge
A tyrant never tasteth of true friendship, nor of perfect liberty.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Tyranny
Know thyself, was counted one of the oracles of the Greeks. It was inscribed as one of their three great precepts, in letters of gold, on the temple at Delphos, and regarded as divine.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Self-Knowledge
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Quotations
A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire; not too near, lest he burn; not too far off, lest he freeze.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Associates, Life
Wise kings generally have wise counsellors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Leadership, Leaders, Kings
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Riches, Wealth
No man is hurt but by himself.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Injury, Conflict
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Children
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Philosophers, Philosophy
Man is the most intelligent of the animals—and the most silly.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Animals
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Slavery
Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Punishment
There is nothing so good to make a horse fat, as the eye of his master.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Master
The vicious obey their passions as slaves do their masters.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Vice
Modesty is the color of virtue.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Modesty, Humility
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you’ve got an audience.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Praise, Audiences
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
—Diogenes Laertius
Topics: Listening
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