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 Diogenes
 

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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The great thieves lead away the little thief - Diogenes Quotes

The great thieves lead away the little thief

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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.

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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

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