Democritus says, But we know nothing really for truth lies deep down.
Laertius Diogenes
truth lies deep
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
mob mother tyrants
Chilo advised, not to speak evil of the dead.
evil speak dead
All things are in common among friends.
friends things common
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.
age image actions speech laws thing
Blushing is the color of virtue.
color virtue
When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, 'To know one's self.' And what was easy, 'To advise another.'
difficult easy
He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.
friends good friend great
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge and one only evil, namely, ignorance.
evil good knowledge ignorance
Time is the image of eternity.
age time image eternity
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.
face
I am a citizen of the world.
world
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
man wise discover
Nothing can be produced out of nothing.
We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.
order speak hear tongue ears
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