50 ordspråk av Diogenes
Diogenes
 A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies |
| A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies |
| A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can |
| A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire; not too near, lest he burn; not too far off, lest he freeze. |
| Aristotle was asked how much educated men are superior to the uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead |
| 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. |
| Being asked whether it's better to marry or not, he (Socrates) replied, "Whichever you do you will repent it |
| Blushing is the color of virtue. |
| Blushing is the color of virtue. |
| Calumny is only the noise of madmen. |
| Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world |
| Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience. |
| Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards |
| He has the most who is most content with the least |
| He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live |
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