Diogenes
Diogenes
Diogenes of Sinopewas 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 mad insanity
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
kings dine please
Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
boys men good-man
Being asked where in Greece he saw good men , he replied, "'Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta.
practice mind vigor
The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.
false-love catchy
There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
dance virtue whistling
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
men should-have perfection
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.
truth lying gains
Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.
men littles privilege
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
appreciate loan cloaks
If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.
men games defeat
When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves .
sacrifice atheism
The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
gratitude judgement mind
The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
humans
I am looking for a human.