123 Quotes by Diogenes

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

Aristotle was asked how much educated men are superior to the uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead

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

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.

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

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

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.

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

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.