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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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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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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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