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

Diogenes

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
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
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
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
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
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
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
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
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise

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