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...
gratitude grateful iron
Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives.
children drinking hands
One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, "A child has beaten me in plainness of living.
philosophy pretender ifs
Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
wine people pay
To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay.
home people said
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 .
simple complicated
We have complicated every simple gift of the gods.
world should dies
We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?
wine drunk cost
I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.
drinking wine drink
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
beautiful freedom-of-speech world
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
two opposites two-sides
Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
unlearn
Let us not unlearn what we have already learned
thieves littles crime
The great thieves lead away the little thief.
practice alms statues
He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused.