Quotes by : Diogenes of Sinope

I am a citizen of the world.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

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

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

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

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

A philosopher named Aristippus, who had quite willingly sucked up to Dionysus and won himself a spot....

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

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

Blushing is the color of virtue.