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.
DIOGENESI have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”
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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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