Diogenes Quotes - Page 5

Quotes about:

• When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves."

  Diogenes

  Men, Games, Defeat

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

  11 Copy quote

• I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.

  Diogenes

  Wine, Drunk, Cost

  8 Copy quote

• Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead."

  Diogenes

  Evil, Speak

  11 Copy quote

• All things are in common among friends.

  Diogenes

  Friendship, Common, All Things

  "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius (Book 6 "The Cynics", Chapter "Diogenes", No. VI), circa 200 AD.

  5 Copy quote

• The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.

  Diogenes

  Sacrifice, Atheism

  9 Copy quote

• Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.

  Diogenes

  Opposites, Two Sides, Two

  9 Copy quote

Page 5 of 5

First

← Prev

1

2

3

4

5

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin