Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Of Banishment
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Of Banishment
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- I am not an Athenian or a Greek,
I am a citizen of the world. --... - Socrates said, "Bad men live that they may eat and drink,
whereas good men eat and drink that they may live."... - As Caesar was at supper the discourse was of death,
which sort was the best. "That," said he, "which is... - Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees.
"They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no... - These Macedonians," said he, "are a rude and clownish people,
that call a spade a spade." -- Plutarch (46-120 AD)... - Pythagoras, when he was asked what time was, answered that it was
the soul of this world.
Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Platonic Questions, viii,... - Asked from what country he came, he replied, "I am a citizen of the world."
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Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes,... - He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge;
and one only evil, namely, ignorance. -- Diogenes... - Xenophanes said, "I confess myself the greatest coward in the world,
for I dare not do an ill thing." -- Plutarch (46-120...
