Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENESTo one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”
More Diogenes Quotes
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I am a citizen of the world.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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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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