I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals |
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be. |
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 |
I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance |
I still have my lantern. |
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. |
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. |
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man |
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man |
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend |
Man is the most intelligent of the animals -- and the most silly. |
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. |
No man is hurt but by himself |
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings? |
On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame |