9/20/2023 0 Comments Diogenes philosophyThe vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust. 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. Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly. The same is true for women too.” Diogenes I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. “No man is hurt but by himself… Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. 9 Diogenes Quotes that will Make You Think The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man. 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. 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. Why, in life, should we be any less alone? Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. We come into the world alone and we die alone. A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. 9 Wise Diogenes Quotes About Life (WISDOM) It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune. Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice. You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself. Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings? 4 Diogenes Quotes on Education and Self-learning Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich. It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings. If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate. We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. He has the most who is most content with the least. It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours. Why was he so surprised? The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. Top 10 Most Famous Diogenes Quotes (BEST) I pissed on the man who called me a dog.
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