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 hurt men
No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.
dog rewards philosopher
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
plato men animal
Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Here is Plato's man.
mad different
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
love life dream
Blushing is the color of virtue.
silly men animal
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
lamps daylight broads
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human .
dog men he-man
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
men house faces
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
giving sobriety riches
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
inspirational two listening
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
dog kind greedy
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
book patriotic beer
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
old-soul
He has the most who is most content with the least.