Quotes from Diogenes

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"

I am looking for an honest man.

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.

The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."

No man is hurt but by himself.

Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."

Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta.

When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves."

Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, "That's nothing wonderful," Diogenes said, "for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same."

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

Modesty is the color of virtue.

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.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

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