Quote

Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?

Diogenes

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Diogenes
Philosopher
Sinope
Diogenes the Cynic
Diogenes
Aren
Walking
Along
Walk
Walks
Promenade
Path
Backward
Existence
Ashamed
Whole
Blame

More quotes by Diogenes

Image
Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
Diogenes
Image
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
Diogenes
Image
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
Diogenes
Image
By worrying as little as possible about fame.
Diogenes
Image
Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
Diogenes
Image
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
Diogenes
Image
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.
Diogenes
Image
The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
Diogenes
Image
No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.
Diogenes
Image
I am looking for an honest man.
Diogenes
Image
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
Diogenes
Image
When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
Diogenes
Image
There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
Diogenes
Image
The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
Diogenes
Image
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
Diogenes
Image
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
Diogenes
Image
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
Diogenes
Image
If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?
Diogenes
Image
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Diogenes
Image
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
Diogenes