Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESIn a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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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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I am a citizen of the world.
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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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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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