“[Interrogato sul perché parlasse con una statua] Mi alleno a chiedere invano!”
citato in Diogene Laerzio, Vita di Diogene, Mondadori
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Diogene di Sinope frasi celebri
“Se i Sinopi mi hanno condannato all'esilio, io li condanno a restare in patria!”
citato in Diogene Laerzio, Vita di Diogene, Mondadori
“La folla è madre dei tiranni.”
citato in Diogene Laerzio, Vita di Diogene, Mondadori
Diogene di Sinope Frasi e Citazioni
“[Alla domanda da dove venisse:] Sono cittadino del mondo intero.”
citato in Diogene Laerzio, Vita di Diogene il cinico
“La libertà di parola è la cosa più bella per gli uomini.”
citato in Diogene Laerzio, Vita di Diogene, Mondadori
“[sulla masturbazione] Magari bastasse strofinarsi il ventre per non avere più fame.”
citato in Diogene Laerzio, Vite dei Filosofi, VI, 46, 69
Origine: Citato in Laerzio, Vite dei filosofi, VI, 37.
Diogene di Sinope: Frasi in inglese
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 54
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 27
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.”
Stobaeus, iii. 3. 51
Quoted by Stobaeus
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 49
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 49
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Stobaeus, iii. 4. 83
Quoted by Stobaeus
From Plutarch, Alexander, 14. Cf. Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 38, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, v. 32
Quoted by Plutarch
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 40
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 37
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 21,
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
“Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.”
Stobaeus, iv. 32a. 19
Quoted by Stobaeus
“He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."”
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 41. This line is frequently translated as "I am looking for an honest man."
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 33, 43
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
“Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.”
Plutarch, On Exile, 12 (Moralia, 604D)
Quoted by Plutarch
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 44
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Philo, Every Good Man is Free, F. Colson, trans. (1941), 157
Quoted by Philo
“Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.”
Stobaeus, iv. 31c. 88
Quoted by Stobaeus
“When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."”
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 74
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 64
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 43. Cf. Plutarch, Moralia, 70CD.
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Porphyry, On Abstinence from Killing Animals https://books.google.it/books?id=B5ojAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA0 as translated by Gillian Clark (2000), 1, 47, 3 <br class="br">Quoted by Porphyry
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 36
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
“Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.”
Stobaeus, iii. 22. 40
Quoted by Stobaeus
