If you have learned a secret from a friend, do not tell it further, making yourself his enemy: you do not strike at the enemy, but at friendship.
Temperance increases the enjoyment of yours and makes the pleasure even greater.
The honest man and the dishonest know each other not only by what they do, but also by what they desire.
All are in the power of the gods; sages are the friends of the gods; but friends have everything in common; therefore everything in the world belongs to the wise.
If you give to others, give to me; if not, start with me.
It is good to leave life like a banquet: neither hungry nor drunk.
"When does the world prosper?" Diogenes was asked. "When kings philosophize and philosophers rule," came the reply.
The liar is the most dangerous of domestic animals.
A lot of people, a lot of people.
Once Diogenes was warming himself in the sun. Alexander the Great, who was passing by, stopped over him and said: "Ask me what you want." Diogenes replied: "Do not shade me."
Once, Diogenes saw a flower child throwing stones at passers-by. "Stop the indulgence, the philosopher told him. You can stone your own father."
Once someone was reading a very long writing, and when an unwritten place became visible at the end of the papyrus scroll, Diogenes exclaimed: “Courage, friends! You can see the shore!”
Once, while taking part in a discussion about the reasons why people are so willing to help beggars, and so unenthusiastic to philosophers, Diogenes remarked: "It happens so because each foresees the possibility of becoming himself poor, lame, drunkard, but no one thinks that he could become a philosopher".
Parents and children should not expect requests from each other; they should give each other's needs in advance, and the parent should be the first.
How to cause suffering to those who envy you? Be in a good mood.
When you shake a friend's hand, you don't have to squeeze his fingers into a fist.
The sun looks at its dung heap and still doesn't get dirty.
Those who quench their thirst with wine and not with water are more reckless than cattle.
Diogenes was asked, "What will you do if the barrel you live in breaks?" "It does not trouble me," replied the philosopher. The place I occupy cannot be broken."
I am not crazy, but my mind is simply different from yours.
In Egypt, at the feasts of rich people, after they have finished eating, one of the diners walks around a wooden representation of the deceased among the living, seated, in the tomb (...) with the words: "Look at him, drink and enjoy life! Because after death you will look the same!” Any deity arouses the restlessness of people.
If all men would one day bring their own sins and vices to market, each one, looking at the vices of his neighbor, (...) would happily return home with his own.
If every tribe on earth were given the right to choose the best customs and manners, then each tribe, looking at them all carefully, would choose its own.
If the opposite opinion is not expressed, you have no reason to choose the best one.
Women take off their clothes and shame.
Of old, men have wise and wonderful thoughts; we must learn from them.
Indeed, the capable man must show modesty when there is something to be decided, he must weigh all possibilities, but when he puts into practice, he must be fearless.
Defamation makes two criminals and a third victim.
Slander is terrible, because one person falls victim to its injustice, and two people create this injustice: the one who spreads it and the one who believes it.
Better to be envied than pitied.