Alcaeus mentions Aristodemus in these lines:--
'T is money makes the man; and he who 's none
Is counted neither good nor honourable.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Thales, vii
'T is money makes the man; and he who 's none
Is counted neither good nor honourable.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Thales, vii
Related:
- He said that men ought to remember those friends who were absent as
well as those who were present.
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Thales,... - Thales said there was no difference between life and death.
"Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die... - When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one's
self." And what was easy,
"To advise another." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200... - The apophthegm "Know thyself" is his.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c.
200 AD) -- Thales,... - Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcaeus into his power,
released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge... - The chief good he has defined to be the exercise of virtue in a perfect life.
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle,... - Be of good cheer," said Diogenes; "I see land."
--
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes,... - Writers differ with respect to the apophthegms of the Seven Sages,
attributing the same one to various authors. -- Diogenes... - Another was, "Watch your opportunity."
-- Diogenes Laertius (c.
200 AD) -- Pittacus,...
