50 ordspråk av Diogenes
Diogenes
 One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. |
| One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. |
| Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other. |
| 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 |
| Stand a little less between me and the sun |
| The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. |
| The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. |
| The great thieves lead away the little thief |
| The mob is the mother of tyrants |
| The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them |
| The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted |
| The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust |
| The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust |
| There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. |
| 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. |
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