Collected Meditations
Showing 36 quotesWise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.— Diogenes
topics:
Wisdom
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.— Diogenes
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.— Diogenes
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.— Diogenes
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.— Diogenes
topics:
Music