Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship and death. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
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… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
“And at last, becoming a complete misanthrope, he used to live, spending his time in walking about the mountains; feeding on grasses and plants,… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
