Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained,I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave.
DIOGENESI am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
More Diogenes Quotes
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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