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We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.
— Diogenes Laertius
The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.
— Diogenes Laertius
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
— Diogenes Laertius
A vine bears three grapes, the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, and the third of repentance.
— Diogenes Laertius
Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
— Diogenes
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
No man is hurt but by himself," said Diogenes.
— Maxwell Maltz
The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light.
— Jeremy Bentham
The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."
— Diogenes
No man is hurt but by himself
— Diogenes Of Sinope
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
— Diogenes
Blushing is the color of virtue.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.
— Diogenes
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, And I sentenced them to stay at home.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
— Diogenes Of Sinope
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
— Diogenes
Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he lay dying in a foreign land, "The descent to hell is the same from every place.
— Diogenes Laertius
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance and shimmy, and you've got an audience!
— Diogenes Laertius
Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.
— Diogenes Laertius
Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.
— Francis Quarles
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
— 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, when you can.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
Modesty is the color of virtue.
— Diogenes
That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him.
— Diogenes Laertius
Though Diogenes lived in a tub, there might be, for aught I know, as much pride under his rags, as in the fine-spun garments of the divine Plato.
— Jonathan Swift
A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.
— Diogenes
But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
— Alexander The Great
The tired ox treads with a firmer step
— Diogenes Laertius
We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?
— Diogenes
When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people .
— Diogenes
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
Step out of my sunlight.
— Diogenes Laertius
Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.
— Diogenes Laertius
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
— Diogenes Of Sinope
Man is the most intelligent of animals and the most silly. — Diogenes Laertius
Stand a little less between me and the sun. Diogenes and I.
— Diogenes Laertius
Tis only in the future you can prove your true worth.
— Emmuska Orczy
Whichever you do, you will repent it.
— Diogenes Laertius
Of what am I guilty," once exclaimed Antisthenes, "that I should be praised?
— Diogenes Laertius
Thales was asked what was very difficult; he said: To know one's self.
— Diogenes Laertius
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
— Charles Caleb Colton
He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.
— Diogenes Laertius
And then comes the realization. That although a house was taken from you, you can still build a home in a wine jar.
— Camilo Garzon
Your conscience troubles you unnecessarily, and you see a deliberate intention in every simple act.
— Emmuska Orczy
Diogenes was asked what wine he liked best; and he answered as I would have done when he said, "Somebody else's".
— Michel De Montaigne
When he saw the child of some prostitute throw stones at a crowd, Diogenes shouted to him, "Take care that you don't hit your father!
— Luis E. Navia
To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, That for which other people pay.
— Diogenes
Why not whip the teacher when the student misbehaves?
— Diogenes Laertius