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.
DIOGENESHe has the most who is most content with the least.
More Diogenes Quotes
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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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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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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