Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENESHe has the most who is most content with the least.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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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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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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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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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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