"He has the most who is most content with the least."
"There is a false love that will make you something you are not."
Source: Anthology (Book 4). Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.
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Diogenes
Philosopher
Diogenes was a Greek philosopher known for his ascetic lifestyle and sharp critiques of societal norms, embodying the principles of Cynicism.
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"We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less."
"I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?"
"If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate."
"In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face."
"Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!""