The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENESThe only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENESPoverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
DIOGENESBlushing is the color of virtue.
DIOGENESI pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
DIOGENESWhat I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
DIOGENESOf what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
DIOGENESHe lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENESAs 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.
DIOGENESSelf-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESOther dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
DIOGENESIt takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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.”
DIOGENESI am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
DIOGENESThe foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
DIOGENESWhen some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
DIOGENESIf 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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