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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.

Diogenes

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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Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
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
If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
DIOGENES

Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DIOGENES

Face Home Man Place Rich Spit
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENES

Comfort Deep Education Old Ornament Poor Rich Sober Young
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DIOGENES

God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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Effect Fret Gall Good Honest Man Yourself
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
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.
DIOGENES

Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
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
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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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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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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