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...
people musical sound
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
ignorance people hardship
The noblest people are those despising wealth , learning , pleasure and life ; esteeming above them poverty , ignorance , hardship and death .
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 .
music fake-people practice
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
people slave ruling
When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people .
aristotle asked dead educated living men superior
Aristotle was asked how much educated men are superior to the uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead
asked marriage marry repent whether
Being asked whether it's better to marry or not, he (Socrates) replied, "Whichever you do you will repent it
asked citizen citizenship country
Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world
external fear happiness influenced ought seek virtue
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.
men ends ability
Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.
mother motherhood tyrants
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
sunshine giving may
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.
law speech cobwebs
Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.