The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENESEducation gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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No man is hurt but by himself.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained,I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave.
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