Diet and Exercise as a Metaphor for Knowledge
Those who eat most, and who take the most exercise, are not in better health than they who eat just as much as is good for them; and in the same way it is not those who know a great many things, but they who know what is useful who are valuable men.
Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (2010-10-14)
Notes
An insightful observation by Aristippus The Cyrenaic.
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- health and fitness exercise 66%
- health and fitness 25%
- food and drink 11%