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- Have I inadvertently said some evil thing?
- Phocion (402 BC - 318 BC), from Plutarch, Apothegms
- [When asked what was the proper time for supper] If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
- Diogenes the Cynic (412 BC - 323 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Hope is a waking dream.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Education is the best provision for old age.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Physics
- All men by nature desire knowledge.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Metaphysics
- Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics
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