“When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, Not to unlearn what you have learned!” SaidEducationTeacherUnlearn Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Thales said there was no difference between life and death. Why, then, said some one to him, do not you die? Because, said he, it does make no difference.” DoeSaidDiesDifferencesLife And DeathBetween Life And Death Author:Diogenes Laertius
“When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, To know one's self. And what was easy, To advise another.” KnowsSaidSelfEasyDifficultDifficultyAdvise Author:Diogenes Laertius
“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
“Aristippus said that a wise man's country was the world.” MenWorldSaidCountryWise Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirates; and when the rest said, "We are undone if we are known,"-"But I," said he, "am undone if we are not known.” IfsMenSaidHandsCompanyKnownSeaWickedPirateUndoneWicked Man Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.” LittlesSaidFacesLyingUpside Down Author:Diogenes Laertius
“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.” MenPersonsSaidLateToo LateSupperUseful Things Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.” WantSaid Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, "The descent to Hades is the same from every place.” MenSaidLandDyingGrievingDescentHadesForeign Lands Author:Diogenes Laertius
“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.” MenWellsSaidBornBoysPracticeNecessary Things Author:Diogenes Laertius
“There are many marvellous stories told of Pherecydes. For it is said that he was walking along the seashore at Samos, and that seeing a ship sailing by with a fair wind, he said that it would soon sink; and presently it sank before his eyes. At another time he was drinking some water which had been drawn up out of a well, and he foretold that within three days there would be an earthquake; and there was one.” WellsSaidStoriesWould BeEyeThreeWaterSeeingWindWalkingFairsDrinkingShipsHis EyesSailingEarthquakesMarvellousAnother TimeSeashore Author:Diogenes Laertius