Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESDogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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 only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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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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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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I am a citizen of the world.
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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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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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