Diogenes
"Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend."
17 Quotes
"Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend."
"الوقت أثمن ما ينفقه المرء."
Diogenes
"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth."
"إن أساس كل دولة هو تعليم شبابها."
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"I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."
"لستُ أثينيًا ولا يونانيًا، بل مواطنًا عالميًا."
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"Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad."
"أكثر الناس على شفا جنون."
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"Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one."
"الملوك الحكماء غالبًا ما يحيطون أنفسهم"
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"The art of being a slave is to rule one's master."
"فن العبودية أن تحكم سيدك."
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"What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others."
"أكثر ما يروقني من الشراب خمرٌ يملكه سواي."
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"As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task."
"إن المرء، حفاظًا على ذاته، يحتاج إما إلى أصدقاء صالحين أو أعداء لدودين؛ فالأولون يرشدونه، والآخرون يحاسبونه."
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"Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly."
"الإنسان أذكى الحيوانات وأحمقها."
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"Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music."
"من كانت الفضيلة على لسانه دون عمله، فهو كالقِيثارة تُطرب غيرها وهي صامتة عن إدراك اللحن."
Diogenes
"Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?"
"أَلَا يُجْدَرُ بِمُعَاقَبَةِ الْمُعَلِّمِ إِذَا أَسَاءَ التِّلْمِيذُ؟"
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"When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man."
"عندما أتأمل البحارة والعلماء والفلاسفة، أرى الإنسان أحكم الكائنات؛ أما عندما أتأمل الكهنة والأنبياء، فلا شيء أحقر من الإنسان."
Diogenes
"The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted."
"الشمس، وإن أشرقت على المستنقعات، لا تتلوث."
Diogenes
"Thales was asked what was most difficult to man he answered: "To know one's self."
"سُئل طاليس: ما أصعب شيء على الإنسان؟ فأجاب: أن يعرف نفسه."
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"Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly he said "That man does hot possess his estate but his estate possesses him."
"لا يملك هذا الرجل أملاكه، بل أملاكه تملكه."
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"The only good is knowledge and the only evil ignorance."
"الخير الوحيد هو المعرفة، والشر الأوحد هو الجهل."
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"Calumny is only the noise of madmen."
"الوشاية ليست سوى ضجيج المجانين."
Diogenes
"We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less."
"لنا أذنان ولسان واحد، كي نسمع أكثر ونتكلم أقل."
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