More Quotes by Diogenes
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
The great thieves lead away the little thief.
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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