Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENESThe foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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