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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

Diogenes

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
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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Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Face Home Man Place Rich Spit
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
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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Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
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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Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
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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Enemy Friend Good Man Preserve Task
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

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