Frases de Diógenes Laércio
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Diógenes Laércio , historiador e biógrafo dos antigos filósofos gregos. A sua maior obra é Vidas e Doutrinas dos Filósofos Ilustres, composta por dez livros, que contêm relevantes fontes de informações sobre o desenvolvimento da filosofia grega. Wikipedia  

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“Wealth is the sinews of affairs.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Bion, 48.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy

“Writers differ with respect to the apophthegms of the Seven Sages, attributing the same one to various authors.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Thales, 14.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Bion, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy

“Being asked whether it was better to marry or not, he replied, "Whichever you do, you will repent it."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Socrates, 16.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule in his comedies, as making the worse appear the better reason.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Socrates, 5.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Aristotle, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics

“The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander’s.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Periander, 6.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“Xenophanes was the first person who asserted… that the soul is a spirit.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Xenophanes, 3.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics

“The chief good is the suspension of the judgment, which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Pyrrho, 11.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics

“That the gods superintend all the affairs of men, and that there are such beings as dæmons.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Plato, 42.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 3: Plato

“Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Pyrrho, 8.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics

“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."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Aristippus, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“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 else.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Anaximander, 2.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one’s self." And what was easy, "To advise another."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Thales, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“When he was praised by some wicked men, he said, "I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Antisthenes, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics

“Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Arcesilaus, 12.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy

“The apophthegm "Know thyself" is his.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Thales, 13. Compare" "There are two sentences inscribed upon the Delphic oracle, hugely accommodated to the usages of man’s life: 'Know thyself', and 'Nothing too much'; and upon these all other precepts depend", Plutarch, Consolation to Apollonius.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“Just step aside for me to enjoy the sunshine.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Actually said by his namesake Diogenes of Sinope, when asked by Alexander the Great if there was anything he wanted.
Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Alexander", ch. 14, section 4.
Misattributed

“Like sending owls to Athens, as the proverb goes.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Plato, 32.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 3: Plato

“Nothing can be produced out of nothing.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Diogenes of Apollonia, 2.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics

“Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.”

Diogenes Laërtius

Diogenes, 4 (note that this is Diogenes of Sinope).
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics

“He was once asked what a friend is, and his answer was, "One soul abiding in two bodies."”

Diogenes Laërtius

Aristotle, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics

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

Diogenes Laërtius

Solon, 16.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“Very late in life, when he was studying geometry, some one said to Lacydes, "Is it then a time for you to be learning now?"”

Diogenes Laërtius

"If it is not," he replied, "when will it be?"
Lacydes, 5.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy