Laertius Diogenes Browse All Authors Top 17 quotes by Laertius Diogenes We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less. Laertius Diogenes Time is the image of eternity. Laertius Diogenes 'Bury me on my face,' said Diogenes and when he was asked why, he replied, 'Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.' Laertius Diogenes All things are in common among friends. Laertius Diogenes Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he, That when they speak truth they are not believed. Laertius Diogenes Blushing is the color of virtue. Laertius Diogenes Chilo advised, not to speak evil of the dead. Laertius Diogenes Democritus says, But we know nothing really for truth lies deep down. Laertius Diogenes He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge and one only evil, namely, ignorance. Laertius Diogenes He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing. Laertius Diogenes I am a citizen of the world. Laertius Diogenes It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. Laertius Diogenes Nothing can be produced out of nothing. Laertius Diogenes Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions... that laws were like cobwebs, --for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off. Laertius Diogenes The mob is the mother of tyrants. Laertius Diogenes The question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, The dream of a waking man. Laertius Diogenes When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, 'To know one's self.' And what was easy, 'To advise another.' Laertius Diogenes
