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

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It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend. ↗

— Diogenes

#expression #favorite #man #most #spend

The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. ↗

— Diogenes

#polluted #shines #sun #too

The mob is the mother of tyrants. ↗

— Diogenes

#mother #tyrants

He has the most who is most content with the least. ↗

— Diogenes

#least #most #who

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them. ↗

— Diogenes

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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

#former #friends #good #good friends #him

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. ↗

— Diogenes

#less #listen #more #talk #tongue