Best Diogenes Sayings
- 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… Emits
- What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others. Belongs
- 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… All
- He has the most who is most content with the least. Content
- We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. Ears
- As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. Ardent
- It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. Discover
- It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. Godlike
- Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. Breadth
- Blushing is the color of virtue. Blush
- It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend. Expression
- I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth… Called
- I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. Child
- The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. Cesspools
- The mob is the mother of tyrants. Inspirational
- If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate. Banish
- Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience. Audience
- We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake. Awake
- Modesty is the color of virtue. Color
- Stand a little less between me and the sun. Less
- The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them. Into
- The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust. Bears
- 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… Any
- A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, If you are a rich man, whenever you please;… Answer
- Being asked whether it's better to marry or not, he (Socrates) replied, Whichever you do you will repent it Asked