Diogenes Quotes

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

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  Old Soul

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.

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  Self, Should, Criticize

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

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  Dog, Rewards, Philosopher

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• The mob is the mother of tyrants.

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  Mother, Motherhood, Tyrants

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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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  Truth, Lying, Gains

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• I am looking for an honest man.

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  Honesty, Men, Honest

  Quoted in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers

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• If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.

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  Good Friend, Enemy, Hot

  "Moralia". Book by Plutarch, circa 100 AD.

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