“Anarcharsis, on learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick, said that "the passengers were just that distance from death.” SaidSidesFourDistanceFingersShipsThickPassengers Author:Diogenes Laertius
“One of the sayings of Diogenes was that most men were within a finger's breadth of being mad; for if a man walked with his middle finger pointing out, folks would think him mad, but not so if it were his forefinger.” IfsThinkingMenMiddleMadFingersFolksPointingBreadthPointing FingersMiddle FingerBeing Mad Author:Diogenes Laertius