“Anaximander used to assert that the primary cause of all things was the Infinite,-not defining exactly whether he meant air or water or anything else.” UsedCausesWaterAirAll ThingsInfinitePrimariesDefining 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
“Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, "Sacrifice to the Graces.” GraceSacrificePlato Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this.” OpinionExpressionHabitAgreePeculiar Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.” WayEyeUsedEasyHis EyesShade Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.” PeopleUsedIronDispositionEnviousRust Author:Diogenes Laertius
“But Chrysippus, Posidonius, Zeno, and Boëthus say, that all things are produced by fate. And fate is a connected cause of existing things, or the reason according to which the world is regulated.” WorldReasonCausesFateAll ThingsConnected Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other authors, his paper would be left empty.” IfsBookWould BeLeftPaperEmptyPassages Author:Diogenes Laertius
“Xenophanes speaks thus:-And no man knows distinctly anything,And no man ever will.” KnowsMenSpeak Author:Diogenes Laertius