--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Diogenes" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Diogenes. Plus more from Diogenes and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/diogenes-4214_belly_if-only-it-was-as-easy-to-banish-hunger_136614.png" --- > [If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/if-only-it-was-as-easy-to-banish-hunger-by-rubbing-the-belly-as-it-is/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/diogenes-4214_belly_if-only-it-was-as-easy-to-banish-hunger_136614.png) > [Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/ability-in-man-is-an-apt-good-if-it-be-applied-to-good-ends/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/diogenes-4214_ability_ability-in-man-is-an-apt-good-if-it-be-a_1427833.png) > [Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/even-if-i-am-but-a-pretender-to-wisdom-that-in-itself-is-philosophy/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75b/diogenes-4214_ifs_even-if-i-am-but-a-pretender-to-wisdom-t_999147.png) > [If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/if-i-lack-awareness-then-why-should-i-care-what-happens-to-me-when-i/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/diogenes-4214_awareness_if-i-lack-awareness-then-why-should-i-ca_2931852.png) > [If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/if-your-cloak-was-a-gift-i-appreciate-it-if-it-was-a-loan-i-m-not/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/diogenes-4214_appreciate_if-your-cloak-was-a-gift-i-appreciate-it_2467053.png) > [When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/when-asked-what-was-the-proper-time-for-supper-if-you-are-a-rich-man/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/diogenes-4214_ifs_when-asked-what-was-the-proper-time-for_1967321.png) > [When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/when-alexander-the-great-addressed-him-with-greetings-and-asked-if-he/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/diogenes-4214_alexander_when-alexander-the-great-addressed-him-w_2499162.jpg) > [If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/if-you-are-to-be-kept-right-you-must-possess-either-good-friends-or/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/diogenes-4214_enemies_if-you-are-to-be-kept-right-you-must-pos_2379581.png) > [No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/no-man-is-hurt-but-by-himself-literally-by-how-he-interprets-what/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/diogenes-4214_could-have-been_no-man-is-hurt-but-by-himself-literally_385854.jpg) > [Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/solon-used-to-say-that-speech-was-the-image-of-actions-that-laws-were/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/diogenes-4214_action_solon-used-to-say-that-speech-was-the-im_654036.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Diogenes > [Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/dogs-and-philosophers-do-the-greatest-good-and-get-the-fewest-rewards/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, "That's nothing wonderful," Diogenes said, "for a beetle or a tarantula would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/perdiccas-threatened-to-put-him-to-death-unless-he-came-to-him-that-s/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/if-only-it-was-as-easy-to-banish-hunger-by-rubbing-the-belly-as-it-is/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [He has the most who is most content with the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/he-has-the-most-who-is-most-content-with-the-least/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/in-a-rich-man-s-house-there-is-no-place-to-spit-but-his-face/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/chilo-advised-not-to-speak-evil-of-the-dead/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [There is a false love that will make you something you are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/there-is-a-false-love-that-will-make-you-something-you-are-not/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [“And at last, becoming a complete misanthrope, he used to live, spending his time in walking about the mountains; feeding on grasses and plants,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/and-at-last-becoming-a-complete-misanthrope-he-used-to-live-spending/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/most-men-are-within-a-finger-s-breadth-of-being-mad/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/it-takes-a-wise-man-to-discover-a-wise-man/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/i-am-diogenes-the-dog-i-nuzzle-the-kind-bark-at-the-greedy-and-bite/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/to-become-self-educated-you-should-condemn-yourself-for-all-those/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/it-is-the-privilege-of-the-gods-to-want-nothing-and-of-godlike-men-to/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/those-who-have-virtue-always-in-their-mouths-and-neglect-it-in/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [I am looking for a human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/i-am-looking-for-a-human/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/diogenes/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Diogenes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diogenes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/if-only-it-was-as-easy-to-banish-hunger-by-rubbing-the-belly-as-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/diogenes-4214_belly_if-only-it-was-as-easy-to-banish-hunger_136614.png", "contentUrl": 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