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I am a citizen of the world.

Diogenes

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
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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Comfort Deep Education Old Ornament Poor Rich Sober Young
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
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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Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Face Home Man Place Rich Spit
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Different Head Mad Myself Perspective Yourself
I 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.
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Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
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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Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare

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