Quotes by Diogenes

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

#Friends

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...

#Fear, #Happiness, #Hope

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

#Drink

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to...

#Knowledge

It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that...

#Time

On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as...

#Famous

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

#Wisdom

A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made...

#Mankind, #Wealth

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

#Marriage

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

#Diogenes

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

#Diogenes

I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I...

#Diogenes