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• He declared that he knew nothing, except the fact of his ignorance.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, xvi...
• Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, xi...
• Writers differ with respect to the apophthegms of the Seven Sages, attributing the same one to various authors.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Thales, xiv...
• Be of good cheer," said Diogenes; "I see land." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi
• The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. -- Socrates (470?-399 B.C.)
• Thales said there was no difference between life and death.
  Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die?...
• Very late in life, when he was studying geometry, some one said to Lacydes, "Is it then a time for you to be learning now?
  If it is not," he replied, "when will it be?" -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Lacydes, v...
• On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated
  As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead....
• When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one's self.
  And what was easy, "To advise another." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Thales, ix...