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• 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...
• Thales said there was no difference between life and death.
  Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die?...
• 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...
• The apophthegm "Know thyself" is his. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Thales, xiii
• Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcaeus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, iii...
• The chief good he has defined to be the exercise of virtue in a perfect life.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xiii...
• Be of good cheer," said Diogenes; "I see land." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi
• 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...
• Another was, "Watch your opportunity." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, vii