The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
DIOGENESIt is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
More Diogenes Quotes
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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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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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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