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Quotes by Diogenes Laertius
Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, "Courage, my boy; that is the complexion of virtue."— filed under Blushes
He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.— filed under Intemperance
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."— filed under Possession
Like sending owls to Athens, as the proverb is.— filed under Proverbs
The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not polluted.— filed under Summer
Aaron Hill's trans. When asked what wines he liked to drink he replied, "That which belongs to another."— filed under Wine And Spirits
It used to be a common saying of Myson's that men ought not to seek for things in words, but for words in things; for that things are not made on account of words but that words are put together for the sake of things.— filed under Words
I am a citizen of the world.— filed under Work