Diogenes People Quotations

People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.

The noblest people are those despising wealth , learning , pleasure and life ; esteeming above them poverty , ignorance , hardship and death .

To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay.

When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile , he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home .

When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people .