Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENESEducation gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENESIn a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DIOGENESSelf-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESOne original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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.
DIOGENESThe art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
DIOGENESHe lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENESHe has the most who is most content with the least.
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.
DIOGENESBlushing is the color of virtue.
DIOGENESOf what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
DIOGENESIt is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DIOGENESI am a citizen of the world.
DIOGENESWe come into the world alone and we die alone.
DIOGENESPeople who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
DIOGENESThe mob is the mother of tyrants.
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