The mountains too, at a ...

The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.
The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.
 Diogenes Laertius

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 Dave East
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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.
 Diogenes Laertius
Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words.
 Diogenes Laertius