"It is not that I am mad,..." - Quote by Diogenes

“Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?”

“I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.”

“There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.”

“You have to go with your instincts. I remember when I was about to make "Fistful of Dollars" a big article came out that said, "Italian Westerns are finished." I said, "Swell." Then, of course, the film came out, and it did something. I'm so glad for the dozens of times I haven't listened along the way.”

“I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.”

“I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physicians - I will not speak of my own trade - soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system upon which I have governed myself many years, but do not tell.”

“I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons.”

“A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.”

“Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.”