Quotes by Diogenes

“Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?”

“Those who 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.”

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

“What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.”

“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.”

“The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.”

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

“Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.”

“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”

“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.”

“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.”

“Calumny is only the noise of madmen.”

“The only good is knowledge and the only evil ignorance.”

“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”

“Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly he said "That man does hot possess his estate but his estate possesses him."”

“Thales was asked what was most difficult to man he answered: "To know one's self."”

“Step out of my sunlight.”

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

“Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.”

“We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.”