It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
DIOGENESIt is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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