It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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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 Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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 not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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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.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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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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No man is hurt but by himself.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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