Beauty is the flower of self-control.
Zeno of Citium, Diogenes Laertius 7.23
Beauty is the flower of self-control.
Zeno of Citium, Diogenes Laertius 7.23
The source
"Beauty is the flower of self-control." Zeno of Citium said it in Diogenes Laertius 7.23. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"τὸ κάλλος εἶπε τῆς σωφροσύνης ἄνθος εἶναι"Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 7.23. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.
Who said it
Zeno of Citium (c. 334–262 BC). A shipwrecked merchant who founded Stoicism on a painted porch in Athens.
Questions
- Who said "Beauty is the flower of self-control."?
- Zeno of Citium (c. 334–262 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 7.23.
- What is the original Greek?
- τὸ κάλλος εἶπε τῆς σωφροσύνης ἄνθος εἶναι. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
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