John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Diogenes Laërtius. (fl. early 3d cent.) (continued) |
| 9111 |
| He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. |
| Socrates. xiv. |
| 9112 |
| He declared that he knew nothing, except the fact of his ignorance. |
| Socrates. xvi. |
| 9113 |
| Being asked whether it was better to marry or not, he replied, “Whichever you do, you will repent it.” |
| Socrates. xvi. |
| 9114 |
| He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live. 1 |
| Socrates. xvi. |
| 9115 |
| Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, “Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.” |
| Aristippus. iv. |
| 9116 |
| Aristippus said that a wise man’s country was the world. 2 |
| Aristippus. xiii. |
| 9117 |
| Like sending owls to Athens, as the proverb goes. |
| Plato. xxxii. |
| 9118 |
| Plato affirmed that the soul was immortal and clothed in many bodies successively. |
| Plato. xl. |
| 9119 |
| Time is the image of eternity. |
| Plato. xli. |
| 9120 |
| That virtue was sufficient of herself for happiness. 3 |
| Plato. xlii. |
| 9121 |
| That the gods superintend all the affairs of men, and that there are such beings as dæmons. |
| Plato. xlii. |
| 9122 |
| There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from custom is the unwritten law. |
| Plato. li. |
| 9123 |
| Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, “Sacrifice to the Graces.” 4 |
| Xenocrates. iii. |
| Note 1. See Plutarch, Quotation 140. [back] |
| Note 2. See Garrison, Quotation 3. [back] |
| Note 3. See Walton, Quotation 9. In that [virtue] does happiness consist.—Zeno (page 764). [back] |
| Note 4. See Chesterfield, Quotation 3. [back] |