50+ Diogenes Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENES

Ear Listen Talk Tongue
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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Effect Fret Gall Good Honest Man Yourself
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.
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Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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Banish Belly Easy Hunger Masturbate Rub
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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Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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Bite Dog Enemy Friend Perspective
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
As 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.
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Enemy Friend Good Man Preserve Task

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