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Diogenes
Greek
Philosopher
About the author
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Being
#Men
Stand a little less between me and the sun.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Sun
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Youth
#State
#Education
The great thieves lead away the little thief.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Mother
#Mob
The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Sun
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Talk
#Tongue
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
#Silly
#Animals
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Wine
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,
Greek
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Science
#Man
#Men
#Seamen
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
#Kings
The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Sun
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,
Greek
Philosopher
#Practice
#Virtue
#Music
#Sound
#Neglect
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Dogs
The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#First
#Pleasure
#Disgust
A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Friend
#Soul
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Time
#Man
#Expression
#Favorite
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Virtue
He has the most who is most content with the least.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Content
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,
Greek
Philosopher
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#World
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Gods
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,
Greek
Philosopher
#Nothing
#May
I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Ignorance
#Fact
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Drinking
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Want
#Nothing
#Men
#Gods
#Privilege
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
Diogenes,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
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,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
#Needs
#Friends
#Enemies
#Self