![]() ![]() To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay." On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet. Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly. Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves? ( Meaning) Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.Īs houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases. You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself. We have complicated every simple gift of the gods. The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused." Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings? ( Meaning) The one will warn you, the other will expose you. If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed. He was breakfasting in the marketplace, and the bystanders gathered round him with cries of "dog." "It is you who are dogs," cried he, "when you stand round and watch me at my breakfast."Īristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience. ( Meaning)ĭiscourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. ![]() 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. There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?ĭogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. We come into the world alone and we die alone. Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice. When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine." I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.Įducation gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.īlushing is the color of virtue. It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours. He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human." 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. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. God is the word used to represent a force. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"įools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. ![]() In a rich man's house, there is no place to spit but his face. 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. He has the most who is most content with the least. ![]()
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