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Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words;
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Cleobulus, iv
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All things are in common among friends. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi
He declared that he knew nothing, except the fact of his ignorance.
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Epicurus laid down the doctrine that pleasure was the chief good.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Epicurus, vi...
The chief good he has defined to be the exercise of virtue in a perfect life.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xiii...
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Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.
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One of his sayings was, "Even the gods cannot strive against necessity.
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That the gods superintend all the affairs of men, and that there are such beings as daemons.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Plato, xlii...
When he was praised by some wicked men, he said, "I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Antisthenes, iv...