The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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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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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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