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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.

Diogenes

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
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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Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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Effect Fret Gall Good Honest Man Yourself
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
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
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Different Head Mad Myself Perspective Yourself
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
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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Enemy Friend Good Man Preserve Task
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy

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