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.
DIOGENESThe mob is the mother of tyrants.
More Diogenes Quotes
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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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 mob is the mother of tyrants.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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