Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.
DiogenesPeople who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
DiogenesProtagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
Diogenes