Chilo advised, 'not to speak evil of the dead.'
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He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge and one only evil, namely, ignorance.Diogenes the Cynic
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.
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Bury me on my face, said Diogenes the Cynic and when he was asked why, he replied, Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.
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When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, 'To know one's self.' And what was easy, 'To advise another.'
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