black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

Diogenes

You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
DIOGENES

Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
DIOGENES

Mob Mother Tyrant
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
DIOGENES

Bite Dog Enemy Friend Perspective
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
DIOGENES

Education Foundation State Youth
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENES

Ear Listen Talk Tongue
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
DIOGENES

Different Head Mad Myself Perspective Yourself
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.
DIOGENES

Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENES

Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
DIOGENES

Alone Come Death World
If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
DIOGENES

Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare
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.”
DIOGENES

Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
DIOGENES

Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
DIOGENES

Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
DIOGENES

Banish Belly Easy Hunger Masturbate Rub
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENES

Effect Fret Gall Good Honest Man Yourself
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DIOGENES

God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Diogenes Quotes