People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
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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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Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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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 most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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