It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
Diogenes of Sinope
No man is hurt but by himself.
Diogenes of Sinope
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
Diogenes of Sinope
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Diogenes of Sinope
I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.
Diogenes of Sinope
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
Diogenes of Sinope
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
Diogenes of Sinope
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
Diogenes of Sinope
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
Diogenes of Sinope
Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
Diogenes of Sinope
I am looking for a human.
Diogenes of Sinope
The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
Diogenes of Sinope
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
Diogenes of Sinope
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
Diogenes of Sinope
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
Diogenes of Sinope
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