Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
DIOGENESI am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
More Diogenes Quotes
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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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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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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