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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