If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
DIOGENESI am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
More Diogenes Quotes
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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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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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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