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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

Diogenes

Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man 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
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
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
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
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
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
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
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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Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare
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
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
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

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