It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENESIt takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENESDogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
DIOGENESTo 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.”
DIOGENESTo become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
DIOGENESIf only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
DIOGENESIt is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
DIOGENESThe most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENESPeople who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
DIOGENESI am a citizen of the world.
DIOGENESI 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.
DIOGENESBehold! I’ve brought you a man.
DIOGENESAs 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.
DIOGENESI am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
DIOGENESIn a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DIOGENESWe come into the world alone and we die alone.
DIOGENESThe art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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