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Diogenes the Cynic, [a] also known as Diogenes of Sinope (c. 413/403–c. 324/321 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism.Renowned for his ascetic lifestyle, biting wit, and radical critiques of social conventions, he became a legendary figure whose life and teachings have been recounted, often through anecdote, in both antiquity and later cultural traditions.
Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man, attributed to J. H. W. Tischbein (c. 1780). Honesty or truthfulness is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness (including straightforwardness of conduct: earnestness), along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Honesty also involves being trustworthy, loyal ...
One day Amal offers his services to an old man, whose identity is revealed later in the film as local billionaire G.K. Jayaram (Naseeruddin Shah); Jayaram has been wandering the streets of New Delhi searching for an honest man.
Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer, a 2010 documentary film that chronicles the scandal that led to R. Budd Dwyer's public suicide Tom 'Honest Man' Coughlan (born 1881), an Irish hurler See also
The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that: For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel shew, and a' that, The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, [a] ca'd a lord,
When Israel Pike spots a huge yacht drifting offshore of his Maine island home, he rows his skiff out, climbs aboard and finds seven dead men. When Lyman Rankin walks into an abandoned house where ...
Step one: Cue up a fight with the court, no matter how ridiculous. The point is the fight itself — not to win. In another recent example, Trump pushed the limit of a gag order the judge had ...
The 5.50 m (18.0 ft) tall statue depicts Diogenes the Cynic standing with his dog on his dwelling barrel and searching for an honest man in the far with his lamp in the hand. [ 1 ] According to the Turkish daily newspaper Milliyet , some politicians criticized the decision of the municipality on the ground that Diogenes searched for an honest ...