27 Diogenes Quotes for You to Enjoy

Diogenes

Greek Philosopher

Died: 323 BC

Little Man Men Most Nothing Wise

Related authors: Aristotle Democritus Epictetus Epicurus Heraclitus Plato Plutarch Socrates

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

Wine Others Drink Like Most Belongs

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. Diogenes

Music Practice Others Virtue Neglect Harp Pleasing Those Insensible Like Always Sound Itself Mouths Which While Who

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

Nature Too Sun Shines Polluted

The great thieves lead away the little thief. Diogenes

Great Thief Thieves Lead Little Away

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes

Man Face Rich Spit House His Place

The mob is the mother of tyrants. Diogenes

Mother Tyrants Mob

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

Good Philosophers Greatest Dogs Get Fewest Rewards

Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves? Diogenes

Teacher Pupil Whip Why Why Not

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. Diogenes

Drinking Saw Threw His Cup Child Hands Away

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. Diogenes

Soul Abide Friend Bodies Two

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. Diogenes

Wise Man Wise Man Fool Finger Only Between Difference

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

Man Intelligence Animals Silly Most Intelligent

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be. Diogenes

Ought Know Gods Whether

Stand a little less between me and the sun. Diogenes

Me Sun Between Little Stand Less

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

Freedom World Citizen Athenian Am Greek

Modesty is the color of virtue. Diogenes

Virtue Color Modesty

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. Diogenes

Men Nothing Privilege Godlike Gods Want Little

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings? Diogenes

Hurt Feelings Philosopher Anybody Use Who

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. Diogenes

Wise Man Wise Man Takes Discover

No man is hurt but by himself. Diogenes

Man Hurt Himself

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

Too Sun Polluted Them

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