123 Quotes by Diogenes

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

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

The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.

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

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.

To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.

When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves .