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No man is hurt but by himself.
DiogenesDiogenes Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
DiogenesDiogenes One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
DiogenesDiogenes I am a citizen of the world.
DiogenesDiogenes If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
DiogenesDiogenes 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.”
DiogenesDiogenes The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
DiogenesDiogenes Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
DiogenesDiogenes What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
DiogenesDiogenes Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
DiogenesDiogenes 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.
DiogenesDiogenes I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
DiogenesDiogenes The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
DiogenesDiogenes It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DiogenesDiogenes 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.
DiogenesDiogenes In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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