"Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things."

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Source : "he Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". I, 35. Book by Diogenes Laërtius,

Thales

“I wish I were either rich enough or poor enough to do a lot of things that are impossible in my present comfortable circumstances.”
“Sometimes I wish I had an easy answer for why I'm depressed.”
“To me, bigger is better.”
“We need to make it safe to cycle across London. Why not pedestrianise parts of London like Oxford Street and Parliament Square? I intend to plant 200 million trees across London in my term as mayor.”
“If you are only born once, you will die twice. But if you are born twice, you will only die once.”
“Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.”
“Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.”
“After divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law. -Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere”

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