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  Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Zeno, liii...
• Do you seek Alcides' equal? None is, except himself.
  -- Seneca (8 BC) -- Hercules Furens, i, 1, 84...
• In dealing with the press do yourself a favor. Stick with one of three response
  (a) I know and I can tell you. (b) I know and I can't tell you. (c) I don't know. -- Dan Rathe...
• Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup
  mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish....
• And seek for truth in the groves of Academe. HORACE
• Epicurus laid down the doctrine that pleasure was the chief good.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Epicurus, vi...
• Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.
  -- Athenaeus (c. 200 AD) -- The Deipnosophists, xiv, 6...
• Joshu asked the teacher Nansen, "What is the True Way?
  Nansen answered, "Every way is the true Way." Joshu asked, "Can I study it?...
• Joshu: What is the true Way? Nansen: Every way is the true Way.
  J: Can I study it? N: The more you study, the further from the Way....