Laertius Diogenes

The truly noble mind has no resentments.

The truly noble mind has no resentments.

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.

If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

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."