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Diogenes [-412--323] Greek

Diogenes of Sinope was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. Also known as Diogenes the Cynic, he was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea, in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC.

Men, Art, Education, Freedom, Intelligence, Nature, New Year's, Science, Teacher, Wisdom

Quote	Tags	Rank
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.	Education	101
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.	New Year's	102
The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.	Art	103
The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.		104
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.	Men, Science	105
Modesty is the color of virtue.		106
Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?	Teacher	107
Stand a little less between me and the sun.		108
He has the most who is most content with the least.		109
The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.	Nature	110
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.		111
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.		112
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.		113
Blushing is the color of virtue.		114
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.		115
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.	Men	116
The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.		117
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.		118
I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.		119
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.		120
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?		121
A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.		122
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.	Wisdom	123
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.		124
The great thieves lead away the little thief.		125
The mob is the mother of tyrants.		126
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.		201
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.	Freedom	202
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.		203
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.		204
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.	Intelligence	205
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.		206
No man is hurt but by himself.		207
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.		208
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.		209
I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.		210
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.		211

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