The mob is the mother of tyrants.
DIOGENESWhat I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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