Stobaeus: Quotes about men

Stobaeus is Ancient Greek anthologist. Explore interesting quotes on men.

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“Those things which the body necessarily requires, are easily to be procured by all men, without labour and molestation; but those things to the attainment of which labour and molestation are requisite, are objects of desire, not to the body, but to depraved opinion.”

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Pythagorean Ethical Sentences

“Diogenes, on being sold as a slave at Corinth, was asked by the auctioneer what he could do. "Rule men," he replied. "Do you suppose," asked the other, "that people want to buy masters?””

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Quotes by and about Diogenes

“Pythagoras said, that of cities that was the best which contained most worthy men.”

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Pythagorean Ethical Sentences