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Famous Diogenes Quotes
“Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.”
“Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.”
“Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.”
“Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.”
“Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.”
“He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."”
“Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world."”
“When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."”
“Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.”
“Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.”
“If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.”
“We have complicated every simple gift of the gods.”
“I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?”
“I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.”
“The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.”
“If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.”
“We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.”