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• Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy
  he could go there with his eyes shut. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Bion, iii...
• Of a rich man who was niggardly he said, "That man does not own his estate, but his estate owns him.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Bion, iii...
• All things are in common among friends. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi
• Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirate
  and when the rest said, "We are undone if we are known,"--"But I," said he, "am undone if we are not known....
• He said that men ought to remember those friends who were absent as well as those who were present.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Thales, ix...
• The mountains, too, at a distance appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand, they are rough.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pyrrho, ix...
• 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
• Thales said there was no difference between life and death.
  Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die?...