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Quotations By Diogenes Laertius


Authority
A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze. -- Diogenes Laertius

Education
When asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated, Aristotle answered, As much as the living are to the dead.

Knowledge
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.