We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENESIf only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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I 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.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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No man is hurt but by himself.
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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