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To 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.”

Diogenes

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
DIOGENES

Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
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
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
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
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
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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Banish Belly Easy Hunger Masturbate Rub
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
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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Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
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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Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy

To 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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