Diogenes

Books by Diogenes

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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.
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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Stand a little less between me and the sun.
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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.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
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Modesty is the color of virtue.
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
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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.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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