John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Diogenes Laërtius. (fl. early 3d cent.) (continued) |
| 9154 |
| When asked what he would take to let a man give him a blow on the head, he said, “A helmet.” |
| Diogenes. vi. |
| 9155 |
| Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, “Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.” 1 |
| Diogenes. vi. |
| 9156 |
| When asked what wine he liked to drink, he replied, “That which belongs to another.” |
| Diogenes. vi. |
| 9157 |
| Asked from what country he came, he replied, “I am a citizen of the world.” 2 |
| Diogenes. vi. |
| 9158 |
| When a man reproached him for going into unclean places, he said, “The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.” 3 |
| Diogenes. vi. |
| 9159 |
| Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, “It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper.” |
| Menedemus. iii. |
| 9160 |
| When Zeno was asked what a friend was, he replied, “Another I.” 4 |
| Zeno. xix. |
| 9161 |
| They say that the first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself. |
| Zeno. lii. |
| 9162 |
| 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. 5 |
| Zeno. liii. |
| 9163 |
| The Stoics also teach that God is unity, and that he is called Mind and Fate and Jupiter, and by many other names besides. |
| Zeno. lxviii. |
| 9164 |
| They also say that God is an animal immortal, rational, perfect, and intellectual in his happiness, unsusceptible of any kind of evil, having a foreknowledge of the |
| Note 1. See Mathew Henry, Quotation 13. [back] |
| Note 2. See Garrison, Quotation 3. [back] |
| Note 3. See Bacon, Quotation 44. [back] |
| Note 4. See Quotation 52. [back] |
| Note 5. See Quotation 37. [back] |