Quotes by Diogenes

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. (Diogenes)

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. (Diogenes)

Blushing is the color of virtue. (Diogenes)

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and youve got an audience. (Diogenes)

I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals. (Diogenes)

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give. (Diogenes)

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance. (Diogenes)

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. (Diogenes)

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly. (Diogenes)

Stand a little less between me and the sun. (Diogenes)