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.
DIOGENESI 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.
More Diogenes Quotes
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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