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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

Diogenes

I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself 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
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
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
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
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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Banish Belly Easy Hunger Masturbate Rub
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
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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Enemy Friend Good Man Preserve Task
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
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
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy

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