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Famous Diogenes Quotes
“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?”
“Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down".”
“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.”
“The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.”
“The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.”
“Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?”
“I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.”
“If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?”
“In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.”
“There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.”
“The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."”
“We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.”
“Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.”
“Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.”
“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.”
“It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.”
“I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.”
“We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?”
“There is a false love that will make you something you are not.”