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• Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small… — Charles Lamb
• But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. — Alexander the Great
• On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame — Diogenes
• Diogenes was asked what wine he liked best; and he answered as I would have done when he said, "Somebody else's". — Michel de Montaigne
• Diogenes, filthily attired, paced across the splendid carpets in Plato's dwelling. Thus, said he, do I trample on the pride of Plato.… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
• Our incomes should be like our shoes, if too small, they will gall and pinch us, but if too large, they will… — Charles Caleb Colton
• True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for… — Charles Caleb Colton
• If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. — Plutarch
• The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering… — Anthony de Mello
• Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man… — Victor Hugo
• Diogenes carried a bowl with him for years, but one day saw a man drinking from his cupped palm and declared, ‘I… — Christopher Moore
• When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have… — Henry Hazlitt

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