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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

Diogenes

Blushing is the color of virtue.
DIOGENES

Blush Color Virtue
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
DIOGENES

Brought 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.
DIOGENES

Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
DIOGENES

Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
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
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Different Head Mad Myself Perspective 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
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
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.
DIOGENES

Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
DIOGENES

Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
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
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
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
DIOGENES

Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue

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