Diogenes Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“He has the most who is most content with the least.”
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“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
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“Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.”
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“We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.”
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“In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.”
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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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“Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.”
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“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.”
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“The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.”
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“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings”
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“There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.”
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“We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.”
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“I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.”
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“Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?”
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“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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“I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.”
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“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?”
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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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“What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.”
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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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“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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“Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.”
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“To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.”
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“When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.”
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“Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.”
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“I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.”
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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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