“Wealth is the sinews of affairs.”
Bion, 48.
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Thales, 14.
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“Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."”
Bion, 9.
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Aristotle, 9.
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Socrates, 16.
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Solon, 12.
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Socrates, 5.
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“The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."”
Aristotle, 9.
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“The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander’s.”
Periander, 6.
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“Xenophanes was the first person who asserted… that the soul is a spirit.”
Xenophanes, 3.
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Pyrrho, 11.
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“That the gods superintend all the affairs of men, and that there are such beings as dæmons.”
Plato, 42.
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“Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down."”
Pyrrho, 8.
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Aristippus, 4.
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Anaximander, 2.
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Thales, 9.
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Zeno, 53.
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Antisthenes, 4.
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Arcesilaus, 12.
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“The apophthegm "Know thyself" is his.”
Thales, 13. Compare" "There are two sentences inscribed upon the Delphic oracle, hugely accommodated to the usages of man’s life: 'Know thyself', and 'Nothing too much'; and upon these all other precepts depend", Plutarch, Consolation to Apollonius.
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“Just step aside for me to enjoy the sunshine.”
Actually said by his namesake Diogenes of Sinope, when asked by Alexander the Great if there was anything he wanted.
Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Alexander", ch. 14, section 4.
Misattributed
“Like sending owls to Athens, as the proverb goes.”
Plato, 32.
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Thales, 9.
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“Nothing can be produced out of nothing.”
Diogenes of Apollonia, 2.
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“Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.”
Diogenes, 4 (note that this is Diogenes of Sinope).
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“He was once asked what a friend is, and his answer was, "One soul abiding in two bodies."”
Aristotle, 9.
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Zeno, 72.
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“As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess."”
Solon, 16.
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Chrysippus, 3.
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"If it is not," he replied, "when will it be?"
Lacydes, 5.
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