Country Quote by Diogenes Laertius Download Open image “Aristippus said that a wise man's country was the world.” — Diogenes Laertius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Country Men Said Wisdom Wise World
Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world. — Ricardo Reis Copy Share Image
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A good man and a wise man may at times be angry with the world, at times grieved for it; but be sure no… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said. — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
O world, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes,… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pythagoras used to say that he had received as a gift from Mercury the perpetual transmigration of his soul, so that it was constantly… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
Anarcharsis, on learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick, said that "the passengers were just that distance from death. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, "It is a very useful thing to save a man from being… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
Plato affirmed that the soul was immortal and clothed in many bodies successively. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, Not to unlearn what you have learned! — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
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… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred… — Jill Stein Copy Share
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless. — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share
It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is other currency. Most countries hold reserves and the reserves are other currencies. If you are a backing up the euro with the dollar, what's backing up the dollar? I don't think it is going to go… — Peter Schiff Copy Share
You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did not need a passport for any country except Russia.:; The European emigrant, if he could scrape together a few pounds for the passage, simply set sail for America or Australia, and when he got there no… — George Orwell Copy Share
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