Diogenes of Sinope Quotes

"Calumny is only the noise of madmen."
- Diogenes of Sinope
(Related: Calumny)

"Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them."
- Diogenes of Sinope
(Related: Leaders)

"Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?"
- Diogenes of Sinope

"There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool."
- Diogenes of Sinope
(Related: Difference, Fool, Man)

"Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?"
- Diogenes of Sinope
(Related: Feelings, Hurt)

"Modesty is the color of virtue."
- Diogenes of Sinope
(Related: Virtue, Modesty)

"In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face."
- Diogenes of Sinope
(Related: Man)

"The art of being a slave is to rule one's master."
- Diogenes of Sinope
(Related: Art, Being)