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.
DIOGENESOne original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
More Diogenes Quotes
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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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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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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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