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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Diogenes

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
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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Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Face Home Man Place Rich Spit
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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Bite Dog Enemy Friend Perspective
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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Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
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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Enemy Friend Good Man Preserve Task
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Criticize Deep Educate Yourself

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

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