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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 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
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
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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Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare
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
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
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
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
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
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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Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself
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
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
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
I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.
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Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
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
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
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
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
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
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

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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