Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.
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Diogenes
//daɪˈɒdʒəniːz//
Synonyms for "diogenes" (12 found)
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Ancient Greek
1 entries- Διογένης name (Ancient Greek name)
Armenian
1 entries- Դիոգենես name (Ancient Greek name)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 第欧根尼 name (Ancient Greek name)
Esperanto
1 entries- Diogeno name (Ancient Greek name)
French
1 entries- Diogène name (Ancient Greek name)
German
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Greek
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Hungarian
1 entries- Diogenész name (Ancient Greek name)
Italian
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Korean
1 entries- 디오게네스 name (Ancient Greek name)
Latin
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Old Armenian
1 entries- Դիոգինէս name (Ancient Greek name)
Persian
4 entries- دیوجاس name (Ancient Greek name)
- دیوجانس name (Ancient Greek name)
- دیوجانوس name (Ancient Greek name)
- دیوژن name (Ancient Greek name)
Polish
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Portuguese
1 entries- Diógenes name (Ancient Greek name)
Russian
1 entries- Диоге́н name (Ancient Greek name)
Turkish
1 entries- Diyojen name (Ancient Greek name)
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"Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down."
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Plato having defined man to be a two-legged animal without feathers, Diogenes plucked a cock and brought it into the Academy, and said, "This is Plato’s man." On which account this addition was made to the definition,—"With broad flat nails."
Source: tatoeba (907430)
A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can."
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