Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESI pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
More Diogenes Quotes
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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 the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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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 am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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