I am a citizen of the world.
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More Diogenes Quotes
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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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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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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