Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESIt is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
More Diogenes Quotes
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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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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