The best Quotes by Diogenes Laertios

The best Quotes by Diogenes Laertios

Diogenes Laërtius (3rd century AD) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is definitively known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a principal source for the history of ancient Greek philosophy.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Quotes about Diogenes Laertios

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
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