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...
aristotle asked dead educated living men superior
Aristotle was asked how much educated men are superior to the uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead
old-soul
He has the most who is most content with the least.
lamps daylight broads
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human .
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.
honesty men honest
I am looking for an honest man.
original-thought quoting mindless
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
friendship good-friend men
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
path blame existence
Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?
unlearn
Let us not unlearn what we have already learned
calumny-is noise calumny
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
wine drunk cost
I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.
kings dine please
Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
ought knows
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
friendship common all-things
All things are in common among friends.