Diogenes of Sinope quotes - page 3

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. (Diogenes of Sinope)
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
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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.
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. (Diogenes of Sinope)
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
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Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
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Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
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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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Stand a little less between me and the sun.
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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.
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The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them. (Diogenes of Sinope)
He used to reason as follows: 'Everything belongs to the gods; the wise are friends of the gods; friends hold all things in common; ergo, everything belongs to the wise.'
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