Diogenes Quotes

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

Diogenes

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

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Modesty is the color of virtue.

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Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

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Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

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Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves, whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.

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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?

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No man is hurt but by himself

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

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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.

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

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

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