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Diogenes Quote - 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.

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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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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Comfort Deep Education Old Ornament Poor Rich Sober Young
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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
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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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