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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?

Diogenes

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
DIOGENES

Education Foundation State Youth
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.
DIOGENES

Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
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
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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Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Face Home Man Place Rich Spit
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
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
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
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
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.
DIOGENES

Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World

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