Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESIf only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
More Diogenes Quotes
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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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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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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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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