Diogenes Laertius quotes and words of wisdom

"He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin."
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"We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less."
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"One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist."
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"Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world.""
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Interesting Quotes

The test of a first-fate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.F. Scott Fitzgerald - US novelist (1896 - 1940)

Sometimes being pushed to the wall gives you the momentum necessary to get over it!Peter de Jager