Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, 'I am a citizen of the world.'
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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 custom is the unwritten law.Diogenes Laertius
Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words.
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We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.
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We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.
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Virtue is sufficient of herself for happiness.
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One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.
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