The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENESSelf-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
More Diogenes Quotes
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.
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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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