We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENESTo become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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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 art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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