Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods."
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Socrates, xi
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Socrates, xi
Related:
- He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge
and one only evil, namely, ignorance. -- Diogenes... - Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule in his comedies
as making the worse appear the better reason. -- Diogenes... - He declared that he knew nothing, except the fact of his ignorance
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates,... - Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it
Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed... - Often when he was looking on at auctions he would say
How many things there are which I do not need!" -... - Being asked whether it was better to marry or not, he replied
Whichever you do, you will repent it." -- Diogenes... - He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates,... - Having the fewest wants
I am nearest to the gods. --...
