Lives of Eminent Philosophers

Diogenes Laertius

1925

A biographical compendium of ancient Greek philosophers preserving many sayings, anecdotes, and doctrines that survive nowhere else.

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“The goal is to live in harmony with nature, which means to live according to virtue; for nature leads us to virtue.”

“The reason we have two ears and one mouth is so that we may hear more and talk less.”

“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.”

“Well-being is attained little by little, yet it is no little thing itself.”