Diogenes is a greek philosopher who inspired millions of people with his wisdom. And in this article, we are going to tell you a number of Diogenes Quotes. So have a look at the following article and inspire yourself.
Diogenes Quotes On Philosophy
“Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.” – Diogenes
“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?” – Diogenes
“Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.” – Diogenes
“Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.” – Diogenes
Diogenes Quotes About Friends And Relationships
“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.” – Diogenes
“A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.” – Diogenes
“If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.” – Diogenes
“Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.” – Diogenes
“To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one of the admonitions of the other.” – Diogenes
“When two friends part they should lock up each other’s secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.” – Diogenes
“The great thieves lead away the little thief.” – Diogenes
“The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.” – Diogenes
“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.” – Diogenes
“Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.” – Diogenes
“No man is hurt but by himself.” – Diogenes
Diogenes Quotes About People
“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.” – Diogenes
“Most men are within a finger’s breadth of being mad.” – Diogenes
“People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.” – Diogenes
“Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly.” – Diogenes
“We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.” – Diogenes
“Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?” – Diogenes
“To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, ‘If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, where you can.” – Diogenes
“In a rich man’s house, there is no place to spit but his face.” – Diogenes
“He has the most who is most content with the least.” – Diogenes
“You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.” – Diogenes
“The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure, and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship, and death.” – Diogenes
Diogenes Quotes On Education
“Modest is the color of virtue.” – Diogenes
“Those that have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.” – Diogenes
“Poverty is a virtue which one can teach yourself.” – Diogenes
“To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.” – Diogenes
“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” – Diogenes
“Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor, and is an ornament to the rich.” – Diogenes
“Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he – That when they speak the truth they are not believed.” – Diogenes
“Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.” – Diogenes
Diogenes Quotes About Life
“The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.” – Diogenes of Sinope
“I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.” – Diogenes
“There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool.” – Diogenes
“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.” – Diogenes
“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
“The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.” – Diogenes
“What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.” – Diogenes
“We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?” – Diogenes
Other Best Diogenes Quotes
“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.” – Diogenes
“As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases.” – Diogenes
“If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?” – Diogenes
“The mob is the mother of tyrants.” – Diogenes
“If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I’m not through with it yet.” – Diogenes
“There is a false love that will make you something you are not.” – Diogenes
“Aren’t you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking back along the path of the promenade?” – Diogenes
“The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.” – Diogenes