We come into the world alone and we die alone.
DIOGENESIf only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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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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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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