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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other. - Diogenes Quotes

Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less - Diogenes Quotes

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less

Ears

A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer,

A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can

Man

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them - Diogenes Quotes

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them

The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted - Diogenes Quotes

The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give - Diogenes Quotes

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give

Ask

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied,

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world

The great thieves lead away the little thief - Diogenes Quotes

The great thieves lead away the little thief

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. - Diogenes Quotes

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.

Fear

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 - Diogenes Quotes

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

Man

I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals - Diogenes Quotes

I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals

Man is the most intelligent of the animals -- and the most silly. - Diogenes Quotes

Man is the most intelligent of the animals -- and the most silly.

I still have my lantern. - Diogenes Quotes

I still have my lantern.

A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire; not too near, lest he burn; not too far off, lest he freeze. - Diogenes Quotes

A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire; not too near, lest he burn; not too far off, lest he freeze.

He has the most who is most content with the least - Diogenes Quotes

He has the most who is most content with the least

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies - Diogenes Quotes

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience. - Diogenes Quotes

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man - Diogenes Quotes

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man

The mob is the mother of tyrants - Diogenes Quotes

The mob is the mother of tyrants

Stand a little less between me and the sun - Diogenes Quotes

Stand a little less between me and the sun

Sun

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance - Diogenes Quotes

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards - Diogenes Quotes

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards

Aristotle was asked how much educated men are superior to the uneducated:

Aristotle was asked how much educated men are superior to the uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead

On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame - Diogenes Quotes

On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame

Fame

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. - Diogenes Quotes

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.

Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; - that laws were like cobwebs, -for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off - Diogenes Quotes

Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; - that laws were like cobwebs, -for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off

Being asked whether it's better to marry or not, he (Socrates) replied,

Being asked whether it's better to marry or not, he (Socrates) replied, "Whichever you do you will repent it

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust - Diogenes Quotes

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust

Wine

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one - Diogenes Quotes

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one

He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live - Diogenes Quotes

He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. - Diogenes Quotes

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

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