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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.

Diogenes

We come into the world alone and we die alone.
DIOGENES

Alone Come Death World
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
DIOGENES

Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
DIOGENES

Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
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.
DIOGENES

Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENES

Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
DIOGENES

Education Foundation State Youth
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
DIOGENES

Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
DIOGENES

Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
He has the most who is most content with the least.
DIOGENES

Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
DIOGENES

Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
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.
DIOGENES

Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Different Head Mad Myself Perspective Yourself
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
DIOGENES

Brought Man 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
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
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave

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