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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

Diogenes

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
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Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained,I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave.
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Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward

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