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


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



As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.

As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.



There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.



Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.



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.

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.



Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."



He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.



Sacrifice to the Graces.

Sacrifice to the Graces.



Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.



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.

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.





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who knows your silence is screening some back stage trouble for me as I have spoken truth .

who knows your silence is screening some back stage trouble for me as I have spoken truth .



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I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world - the money is OK but it is no life at all.

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