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Diogenes: Superiors’ fire

“A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.”

—Diogenes, philosopher (412?-323 BCE).

English: Portrait of Hellenic philosopher Diog...
English: Portrait of Hellenic philosopher Diogenes Babylonicus (Diogenes of Babylon / Diogenes the Stoic) Διογένης (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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