Diogenes Of Sinope Quotes & Sayings

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

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. — Diogenes Of Sinope

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. — 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

A philosopher named Aristippus, who had quite willingly sucked up to Dionysus and won himself a spot at his court, saw Diogenes cooking lentils for a meal. "If you would only learn to compliment Dionysus, you wouldn't have to live on lentils."
Diogenes replied, "But if you would only learn to live on lentils, you wouldn't have to flatter Dionysus. — Diogenes Of Sinope

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours. — Diogenes Of Sinope

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

Blushing is the color of virtue. — Diogenes Of Sinope

When people laughed at him because he walked backward beneath the portico, he said to them: Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade? — Diogenes Of Sinope

Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, The great thieves are leading away the little thief. — Diogenes Of Sinope

The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man. — Diogenes Of Sinope

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master. — Diogenes Of Sinope

Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself. — Diogenes Of Sinope

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

Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave. — Diogenes Of Sinope

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. — Diogenes Of Sinope

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

No man is hurt but by himself — Diogenes Of Sinope