The mob is the mother of tyrants.
DIOGENESThe foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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 is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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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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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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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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I am a citizen of the world.
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