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Diogenes of Sinope (Philosopher)

οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι κύνες τοὺς ἐχθροὺς δάκνουσιν, ἐγὼ δὲ τοὺς φίλους, ἵνα σώσω.Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them. Stobaeus, iii. 13. 44
— Diogenes of Sinope friends
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When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine.From Plutarch, Alexander, 14. Cf. Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 38, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, v. 32
— Diogenes of Sinope sun
Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.Plutarch, On Exile, 12 Moralia, 604D
— Diogenes of Sinope self
If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.Plutarch, Moralia, 74C
— Diogenes of Sinope war
On reaching Athens he fell in with Antisthenes. Being repulsed by him, because he never welcomed pupils, by sheer persistence Diogenes wore him out. Once when he stretched out his staff against him, the pupil offered his head with the words, “Strike, for you will find no wood hard enough to keep me away from you, so long as I think youve something to say.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 21,
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Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 27
— Diogenes of Sinope art
One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, A child has beaten me in plainness of living.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 37
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Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, Behold Platos man!Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 40
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To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 40
— Diogenes of Sinope time
He was seized and dragged off to King Philip, and being asked who he was, replied, A spy upon your insatiable greed.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 43. Cf. Plutarch, Moralia, 70CD.
— Diogenes of Sinope you
Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, Thats nothing wonderful, Diogenes said, for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 44
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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, And I sentenced them to stay at home.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 49
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He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, To get practice in being refused.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 49
— Diogenes of Sinope lie
To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, That for which other people pay.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 54
— Diogenes of Sinope people
He was breakfasting in the marketplace, and the bystanders gathered round him with cries of dog. It is you who are dogs, cried he, when you stand round and watch me at my breakfast.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 61
— Diogenes of Sinope dogs
He was going into a theatre, meeting face to face those who were coming out, and being asked why, This, he said, is what I practise doing all my life.Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 64
— Diogenes of Sinope life
When people laughed at him because he walked backward beneath the portico, he said to them: Arent you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?Stobaeus, iii. 4. 83
— Diogenes of Sinope war
Yesterday the wisest man holding a lit lantern in daylight was searching around town saying I am tired of all these beasts and brutes I seek a true human We have all looked for one but no one could be found they said Yes he replied but my search is for the one who cannot be found.Rumi, in Divani Shams Ghazal #441, translated by Nader Khalili in Rumi, Fountain of Fire
— Diogenes of Sinope light

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