20 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Diogenes Of Sinope

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.

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Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, "I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave.

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Blushing is the color of virtue.

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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.

You Me I

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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

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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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I am a citizen of the world.

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

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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

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To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, "If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.

You Time

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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home.

Home I

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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

Art

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

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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.

Yourself

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

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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

Like I

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No man is hurt but by himself

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