We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENESWe have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENESIn a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DIOGENESOf what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
DIOGENESEducation gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENESI pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
DIOGENESSelf-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESIf I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
DIOGENESThe most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENESWhat I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
DIOGENESWe come into the world alone and we die alone.
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.”
DIOGENESIt takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENESYou will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
DIOGENESAlexander 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.
DIOGENESIf only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
DIOGENESPoverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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