Laertius Diogenes

Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, "Courage, my
boy; that is the complexion of virtue."

Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, "Courage, my
boy; that is the complexion of virtue."

Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but read more

Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.