50+ Diogenes Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENES

Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
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.
DIOGENES

Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DIOGENES

Face Home Man Place Rich Spit
If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
DIOGENES

Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare
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.
DIOGENES

Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENES

Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DIOGENES

God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENES

Comfort Deep Education Old Ornament Poor Rich Sober Young
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENES

Beautiful Freedom Speech World
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
DIOGENES

Different Head Mad Myself Perspective Yourself

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