He has the most who is most content with the least.
DIOGENESI am a citizen of the world.
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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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
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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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