The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good depend equally on the mind and the body. He has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.
He doesn’t answer sentences, although he can make you think of a way to solve a problem. This force did not create anything, it only helps things. God is the word used to represent a force. Fools! You think of “god” as a sentient being. The one who has more is the one who is happy with less. Aristotle dines when he pleases King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself wants. Aren’t you ashamed, you who walk backwards all the way of existence, and blame me for walking backwards along the path of the boardwalk? ~ Diogenesģ7. The noblest people are those who despise wealth, learning, pleasure and life estimating above them poverty, ignorance, difficulties and death. Boasting, like golden armor, is very different on the inside than it is on the outside. Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions …that the laws were like cobwebs, because if something insignificant or powerless fell into them, they kept it firm whereas if it were something heavier, he would go through them and go out. The ability in man is an apt good, if it is applied to good ends. I dropped my cup when I saw a boy drinking with his hands in the fountain. Besides, that’s what happiness is all about. One should seek virtue for oneself, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. When the slave auctioneer asked him what he was competent in, he replied: In the ruling people. We have two ears and one tongue so we can listen more and talk less.
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing a man could spend. See Also : 80 Best Euripides Quotes On Philosophy and Love 25. Those who always have virtue in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a pleasant sound to others, while it is insensitive to music. I am neither an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Man is the most intelligent of animals, and the dumbest. It’s not that I’m angry, it’s just that my head is different from yours. Stand a little less between me and the sun. If only belly rubbing was as easy to eliminate hunger as it was to masturbate. There is only a finger difference between a wise man and a fool. A friend is a soul that remains in two bodies. Wise kings usually have wise advisers and he himself must be a wise man able to distinguish one. What I like to drink the most is wine that belongs to others. What good is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anyone’s feelings? ~ Diogenesġ4. I have nothing to ask of you, except that you would take yourself to the other side, so that by intercepting the sunlight, you cannot take from me what you cannot give. It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of divine men to want little. In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit except in his face. Most men are one finger away from being crazy. Dogs and Philosophers do the most good and get the fewest rewards. Why not spank the teacher when the student misbehaves? ~ DiogenesĨ. Life has three types of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust. The art of being a slave is ruling the master. I don’t know if there are gods, but there should be. The sun also penetrates the toilets, but is not contaminated by them. They call me a dog because I flatter those who give me something, I shout at those who refuse and I sink my teeth into rascals. The foundation of each state is the education of its youth.
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