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He has the most who is most content with the least.

Diogenes

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
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
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
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
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
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.
DIOGENES

Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
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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Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
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
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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Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise

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