We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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.”
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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