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

Diogenes

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
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
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
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
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
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
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
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
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
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
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
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
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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Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself

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