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Diogenes Quote - It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”
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