When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, To know one's self. And what was easy, To advise another.
Diogenes LaertiusBion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.
Diogenes LaertiusPythagoras used to say that he had received as a gift from Mercury the perpetual transmigration of his soul, so that it was constantly transmigrating and passing into all sorts of plants or animals.
Diogenes LaertiusThe mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.
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