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

Diogenes

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
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
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
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
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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Comfort Deep Education Old Ornament Poor Rich Sober Young
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
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
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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Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man 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
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
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
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
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy

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