Diogenes Quotes - Page 5

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When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves."

Men, Games, Defeat

"Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.

Wine, Drunk, Cost

Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead."

Evil, Speak

All things are in common among friends.

Friendship, Common, All Things

"Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius (Book 6 "The Cynics", Chapter "Diogenes", No. VI), circa 200 AD.

The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.

Sacrifice, Atheism

Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.

Opposites, Two Sides, Two