Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENESNo man is hurt but by himself.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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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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Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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