Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESIt takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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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.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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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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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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.
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