Diogenes Quotes

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

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  Men, House, Riches

  Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.48, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?

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  Dog, Men, He Man

  Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.51, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• He has the most who is most content with the least.

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  Old Soul

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• If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

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  Food, Cooking, Hunger

  "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

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• We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

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  Inspirational, Two, Listening

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• One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

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  Inspirational, Original Thought, Quoting

  Attributed to Diogenes of Sinope in "Let a simile be your umbrella" by William Safire (p. 364), 2001.

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

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  Hurt, Feelings, Use

  Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.40, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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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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  Mad, Different

  "Anthology (Book 3)". Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.

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• People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.

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  People, Musical, Sound

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• We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?

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  World, Should, Dies

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• No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.

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  Gratitude, Hurt, Men

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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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  Religious, Prayer, Thinking

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• You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.

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  Teacher, Blame

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• The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

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  Beautiful, Freedom Of Speech, World

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• Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?

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  Education, Teacher, School

  Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.55, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.

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  Dream, Spiritual, Time

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• There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

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  Wise, Sweet, Men

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• Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.

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  Philosophy, Self, Practice

  "Anthology (Book 4)". Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.

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• He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."

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  Lamps, Daylight, Broads

  "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

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• Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.

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  Dog, Order, Enemy

  "Anthology (Book 3)". Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.

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• Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, "The great thieves are leading away the little thief."

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  Saws, Temples, Thieves

  "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

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• Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

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  Giving, Sobriety, Comfort

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• The mob is the mother of tyrants.

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  Mother, Motherhood, Tyrants

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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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  Dance, Dancing, Virtue

  Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.56, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."

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  Practice, Alms, Statues

  "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

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