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Write it on your soul, not on paper.

Antisthenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.5

The source

"Write it on your soul, not on paper." Antisthenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.5. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ἔδει γάρ, ἔφη, ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτὰ καὶ μὴ ἐν τοῖς χαρτίοις καταγράφειν."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.5. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.

Who said it

Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Student of Socrates and forerunner of the Cynics.

Questions

Who said "Write it on your soul, not on paper."?
Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.5.
What is the original Greek?
ἔδει γάρ, ἔφη, ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτὰ καὶ μὴ ἐν τοῖς χαρτίοις καταγράφειν. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

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