Diogenes Quotes
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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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Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."
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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.
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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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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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He was breakfasting in the marketplace, and the bystanders gathered round him with cries of "dog." "It is you who are dogs," cried he, "when you stand round and watch me at my breakfast."
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, "That's nothing wonderful," Diogenes said, "for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same."
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Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
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The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.
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When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.
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The great thieves lead away the little thief.
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Modesty is the color of virtue.
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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.