Diogenes Quotes

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He has the most who is most content with the least.
Diogenes

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
Diogenes

Two, Talk, Less

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.
Diogenes

Good, Him, Friends

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
Diogenes

Good, Greatest, Dogs

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
Diogenes

Intelligence, Silly

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Diogenes

Patriotism, Citizen, Greek

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
Diogenes

Education, Youth, State

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.
Diogenes

Friend, Two, Soul

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

Sunshine, Nothing, May

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.
Diogenes

Ignorance, Nothing, Fact

Stand a little less between me and the sun.
Diogenes

Sun, Between, Less

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
Diogenes

Music, Others, While

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
Diogenes

Men, Science, Nothing

The great thieves lead away the little thief.
Diogenes

Great, Away, Lead

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Wise, Takes, Discover

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
Diogenes

Others, Wine, Drink

Blushing is the color of virtue.
Diogenes

Color, Virtue, Blushing

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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Men, Mad, Within

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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Men, Nothing, Gods

It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
Diogenes

Time, Expression, Spend

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Diogenes

Wisdom, Wise, Himself

The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.
Diogenes

Sun, Shines, Polluted

I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.
Diogenes

Give, Dog, Teeth

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
Diogenes

Whether, Gods, Ought

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
Diogenes

Away, Child, Hands

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: 412 BC

Died: 323 BC

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