Quotes by Diogenes Laërtius

About Diogenes Laërtius:

Diogenes Laertius is definitively known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a principal source for the history of Greek philosophy.
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As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist. For many are the obstacles that impede knowledge, both the obscurity of the question and the shortness of human life.

Diogenes Laërtius

We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.

Diogenes Laërtius

Die schönste Sache in der Welt ist die Redefreiheit.

Diogenes Laërtius

We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.

Diogenes Laërtius

Step out of my sunlight.

Diogenes Laërtius

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance and shimmy, and you've got an audience!

Diogenes Laërtius

Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.

Diogenes Laërtius

Author Bio

  • NameDiogenes Laërtius
  • Descriptionbiograph of ancient Greek philosophers
  • Born180
  • Died240
  • CountryAncient Greece
  • ProfessionHistorian; Writer