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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.

Diogenes

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
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
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
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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Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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Banish Belly Easy Hunger Masturbate Rub
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
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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Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
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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Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
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 most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World

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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