The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
DIOGENESThe art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
DIOGENESYou will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
DIOGENESHe has the most who is most content with the least.
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.
DIOGENESHe lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENESI pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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.”
DIOGENESPoverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
DIOGENESIf only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
DIOGENESTo become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
DIOGENESSelf-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESIf I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
DIOGENESBehold! I’ve brought you a man.
DIOGENESWe come into the world alone and we die alone.
DIOGENESThe only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENESWhat I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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