When asked why people give to beggars but not to philosophe… - Diogenes of Sinope

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When asked why people give to beggars but not to philosophers, he replied, 'Because they expect they may become lame and blind, but never that they will become philosophers.'

Diogenes of Sinope

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About Diogenes of Sinope

Diogenes of Sinope (or Diogenes the Cynic; c. 412 BC – 323 BC) was the most famous of the Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece. No writings of his survive, but his sayings are recorded by Diogenes Laërtius and others.

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Native Name: Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς

Alternative Names: Diogenes 'The Dog' of Sinope • Diogenes the Cynic • Diogenes

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Plutarch Diogenes Laërtius Jonathan Swift François Rabelais Aristophanes

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οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι κύνες τοὺς ἐχθροὺς δάκνουσιν, ἐγὼ δὲ τοὺς φίλους, ἵνα σώσω.

If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.

Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.

When asked why people give to beggars but not to philosophers, he replied, 'Because they expect they may become lame and blind, but never that they w… - Diogenes of Sinope

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