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...
wise wisdom kings
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
religious prayer thinking
Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.
honesty men honest
I am looking for an honest man.
good-friend enemy red
If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.
association sun
The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.
sunshine littles greetings
When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine .
dog order enemy
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
marriage men young
Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
teacher blame
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
dog bystanders watches
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.
food hunger easy
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
people slave ruling
When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people .
men looks philosopher
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.
wise sweet men
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.