Diógenes de Sinope

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?

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.

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

No man is hurt but by himself.

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

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.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.