The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.
Diogenes LaertiusAristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.
Diogenes LaertiusThere is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.
Diogenes Laertius