“The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“The wise man dies no better or more wisely than the fool. In what way, then, is the wise man wise?”
— Joseph Heller, book God Knows
God Knows (1984)
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Life of Marcus Cato
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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