Quotes by : Diogenes

Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly he said "That man does hot possess his estate but his estate....

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look....

The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil ignorance.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing....

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

Thales was asked what was most difficult to man he answered: "To know one's self."

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.