Maxioms by Laertius Diogenes
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.
Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.
He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.
He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
