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• Pittacus said that half was more than the whole. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, ii
• One of his sayings was, "Even the gods cannot strive against necessity.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, iv...
• Another was, "Watch your opportunity." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, vii
• 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...
• Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, "Sacrifice to the Graces.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Xenocrates, iii...
• 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...
• It was a saying of his that education was an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any lette
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• Alcaeus mentions Aristodemus in these lines:-- 'T is money makes the ma
  and he who 's none Is counted neither good nor honourable....