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• As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Solon, xvi...
• Solon used to say that speech was the image of actio
  ... that laws were like cobwebs,--for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fa...
• Pittacus said that half was more than the whole. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, ii
• Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Arcesilaus, xii...
• Another was, "Watch your opportunity." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, vii
• Time is the image of eternity. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Plato, xli
• Be of good cheer," said Diogenes; "I see land." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi
• He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any lette
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• All things are in common among friends. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi