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.
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.
DIOGENESHe has the most who is most content with the least.
DIOGENESThe most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENESPeople who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
DIOGENESWhat I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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.”
DIOGENESBlushing is the color of virtue.
DIOGENESIt takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENESThe mob is the mother of tyrants.
DIOGENESOther dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
DIOGENESWe have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENESI pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
DIOGENESOne original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
DIOGENESSelf-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESHe lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENESThe art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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