You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
DIOGENESAs 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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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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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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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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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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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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