Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words.
Diogenes Laertius
Ignorance plays the chief ...
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The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.
Diogenes Laertius
It used to be a common saying of Myson's that men ought not to seek for things in words, but for words in things; for that things are not made on account of words but that words are put together for the sake of things.
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