Diogenes
Diogenes
Diogenes of Sinopewas a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. Also known as Diogenes the Cynic, he was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea, in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC...
food hunger easy
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
people slave ruling
When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people .
men looks philosopher
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 is as contemptible as man.
wise sweet men
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
gratitude hurt men
No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.
dog rewards philosopher
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
plato men animal
Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Here is Plato's man.
mad different
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
love life dream
Blushing is the color of virtue.
silly men animal
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
lamps daylight broads
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human .
dog men he-man
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
men house faces
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
giving sobriety riches
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.