Boasting, Like Gilded Armour, Is Very Different

One Day, Observing A Child Drinking Out Of His Hands, He Cast Away The Cup From His Wallet With The Words, "a Child Has Beaten Me In Plainness Of Living."

If Your Cloak Was A Gift, I Appreciate It; If It Was A Loan, I'm Not Through With It Yet.

What I Like To Drink Most Is Wine That Belongs To Others.

Plato Had Defined Man As An Animal, Biped And Featherless, And Was Applauded. Diogenes Plucked A Fowl And Brought It Into The Lecture-room With The Words, "behold Plato's Man!"

When Some One Boasted That At The Pythian Games He Had Vanquished Men, Diogenes Replied, "nay, I Defeat Men, You Defeat Slaves."