Faces Quote by Diogenes Laertius

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

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

Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.

— Diogenes Laertius

Aristippus said that a wise man's country was the world.

— 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.

— Diogenes Laertius

Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.

— 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…

— Diogenes Laertius

“Step out of my sunlight.”

— Diogenes Laertius

Plato affirmed that the soul was immortal and clothed in many bodies successively.

— Diogenes Laertius

When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, “Not to unlearn what you have learned!”

— Diogenes Laertius

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

If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.

— Diogenes Laertius