Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

Quote by Diogenes

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I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that...

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that...

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

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

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

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who...

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who...

Being asked whether it's better to marry or not, he (Socrates) replied, Whichever you do...

Being asked whether it's better to marry or not, he (Socrates) replied, Whichever you do...

Stand a little less between me and the sun.

Stand a little less between me and the sun.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the...

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the...

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk...

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk...

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

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

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

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication,...

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication,...

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the...

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the...

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of...

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of...

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.