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.
original-thought quoting mindless
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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.
ought knows
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
time men rich
When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
two-friends keys secret
When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.
humans
I am looking for a human.
association sun
The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.
tarantulas wonderful said
Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, "That's nothing wonderful," Diogenes said, "for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same.