The mob is the mother of tyrants.
DIOGENESIn a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
More Diogenes Quotes
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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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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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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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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No man is hurt but by himself.
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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