![]() A child can teach us much about the plainness of living. “If you would only learn to compliment Dionysus, you wouldn’t have to live on lentils.” The reply “But if you would only learn to live on lentils, you wouldn’t have to flatter Dionysus.”~ Diogenes the Cynic 12. “Aristotle has to dine when Philip thinks fit Diogenes can dine at any time he chooses.”Ī philosopher named Aristippus, who had quite willingly sucked up to Dionysus and won himself a spot at his court, saw Diogenes cooking lentils for a meal. “Plato said “If you had paid your respects to Dionysus, you would not be washing lettuces now,” to which, with equal calmness, Diogenes replied, “If you had washed lettuces, Plato, you would not have had to pay your respects to Dionysus.” ~ Diogenes the Cynic He who gives his freedom for safety gets none of them. ~ Diogenes the Cynic Beautiful man and his dog in Assisi, Italy. ![]() He has the most who is most content with the least. “As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases.” ~ Diogenes the Cynic 10. The bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases. “When some one said, “Most people laugh at you,” his reply was, “And so very likely do the asses at them but as they don’t care for the asses, so neither do I care for them.”~ Diogenes the Cynic 9. What others think of you does not matter. “It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.” ~ Diogenes of Sinope 8. To be great is to encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds. Fear is the mark of the slave.įriends of Diogenes wanted to ransom him, whereupon he called them simpletons “for“, said he, “lions are not the slaves of those who feed them, but rather those who feed them are at the mercy of the lions: for fear is the mark of the slave, whereas wild beasts make men afraid of them.” 7. “Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.” ~ Diogenes of Sinope 6. ~ Diogenes the Cynic Entrance to the Santa Chiara Basilica in Assisi, Italy ![]() It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. “But truly, if I were not Alexander, I wish I were Diogenes.” and Diogenes replied, “If I wasn’t Diogenes, I would be wishing to be Diogenes too.”ĥ. Diogenes explained, “I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave.‘ And ‘when Plato styled him a dog, “Quite true,” he said, ” for I come back again and again to those who have sold me.”‘ When ‘Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. He wanted human beings to reclaim their freedom and dignity and live with honesty and self-respect. (I guess things haven’t changed much in the last 2400 years). ![]() He was often seen on the streets of Athens carrying a lamp in his hands in broad daylight and saying: “I am looking for an honest man.” Diogenes the Cynicĭiogenes the Cynic was an ancient Greek philosopher who wasn’t afraid to speak his Truth, but also a FREE man who spoke harshly of those who were willing to give up their freedom and liberty for temporary pleasures and safety. Diogenes the Cynic wanted human beings to reclaim their freedom and dignity and live with honesty and self-respect.
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