If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
DIOGENESIt is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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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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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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