Chiefs Quote by Diogenes Laertius Download Open image “Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words.” — Diogenes Laertius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chiefs Ignorance Ignorance Plays Men Men Multitude Multitude Words Multitudes Play Words
Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun. — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
There is no means by which men so powerfully elude their ignorance, disguise it from themselves and from others as by words — Gamaliel Bradford Copy Share Image
Ignorance is a treasure of infinite price that most men squander, when they should cherish its least fragments; some ruin it by educating themselves,… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance. — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
The more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance. — Charles Darwin 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
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a resort whose two chief sources of income are seven and eleven. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against… — James Burnham Copy Share Image
Remember chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's callous enjoinder 'you never want a serious crisis to go to waste'? This White House is a serious… — Bob Tyrrell Copy Share Image
There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might… — Arthur Hopkins Copy Share Image
The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent. — Wes Smith Copy Share Image
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
