More From Diogenes
- "Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards."
- "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."
- "When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man."
More In Great
- "We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it’s grand and great."― Lucy Maud Montgomery
- "Love is so confusing – you tell a girl she looks great and what’s the first thing you do? Turn out the lights!"― Robert Orben
- "It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations."― Charles Dickens