English example sentences with "Diogenes"

Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.
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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."
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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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When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine."
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"Why are you begging for alms, Diogenes?" - "In order to teach generosity."
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"Tell me what you want and I will give it to you," said Alexander the Great to Diogenes. "I don't need anything," the sage responded, "but if you want to make me happy, stop blocking my sunlight."
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Diogenes was the first punk.
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Diogenes and other Cynics were living as beggars.
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After Plato defined a human as a "featherless biped," Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into the Academy. "Behold," he said, "a human!"
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I'm not going to live in a barrel, like Diogenes.
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Tom is the Canadian Diogenes.
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Diogenes lived in a barrel.
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Diogenes didn't accept society's rules.
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Diogenes looked at life from an unusual perspective and wanted to instigate others to do the same.
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There's a famous story that Plato defined a human as a featherless biped. In response, another philosopher, Diogenes, plucked all the feathers off a chicken and sarcastically declared it a man, proving Plato wrong.
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