Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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.”
More Diogenes Quotes
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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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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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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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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I am a citizen of the world.
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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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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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