We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, shou... by Diogenes

We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?

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The mob is the mother of tyrants. by Diogenes

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

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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.

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Calumny is only the noise of madmen. by Diogenes

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

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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.

fake-people music practice

There is a false love that will make you something you are not. by Diogenes

There is a false love that will make you something you are not.

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Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead." by Diogenes

Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead."

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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. by Diogenes

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

mad men insanity

I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others. by Diogenes

I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.

drunk cost wine

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

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

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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes w... by Diogenes

Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.

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Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."

good-man men boys

Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends. by Diogenes

Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.

ability ends men

By worrying as little as possible about fame. by Diogenes

By worrying as little as possible about fame.

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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods. by Diogenes

The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.

sacrifice atheism

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike m... by Diogenes

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

privilege littles men

Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world." by Diogenes

Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world."

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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, e... by Diogenes

Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.

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The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.

gratitude judgement mind

The great thieves lead away the little thief. by Diogenes

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

thieves crime littles

Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.

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