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Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Greek Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: 412 BC Year of Death: 323 BC Nationality: Greek Find on Amazon: Diogenes Related Authors: Plato Aristotle Epictetus Socrates Plutarch Heraclitus Epicurus |
A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.
Diogenes 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 Blushing is the color of virtue. Diogenes Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. Diogenes He has the most who is most content with the least. Diogenes 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 I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Diogenes I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be. Diogenes 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 I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance. Diogenes I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. Diogenes It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. Diogenes It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. Diogenes It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend. Diogenes Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly. Diogenes Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. Diogenes Stand a little less between me and the sun. Diogenes The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. Diogenes The great thieves lead away the little thief. Diogenes The mob is the mother of tyrants. Diogenes The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them. Diogenes The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. Diogenes The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust. Diogenes 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 We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. Diogenes What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others. Diogenes 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 Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. Diogenes |
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