I am a citizen of the world.
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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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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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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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