Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
DIOGENESIn a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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I am a citizen of the world.
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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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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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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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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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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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