The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENESTo 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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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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 foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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 most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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