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• I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
  -- Aristotle...
• He was once asked what a friend is, and his answer was, "One soul abiding in two bodies.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it.
  Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed....
• Asked from what country he came, he replied, "I am a citizen of the world.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
• Being asked whether it was better to marry or not, he replied, "Whichever you do, you will repent it.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, xvi...
• On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated
  As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead....
• When Zeno was asked what a friend was, he replied, "Another I.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Zeno, xix...
• When asked what wine he liked to drink, he replied, "That which belongs to another.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
• If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pyrrho, xi...