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I am a citizen of the world.

Diogenes

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 foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
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
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
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
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
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
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
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
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 am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
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
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth

I am a citizen of the world.

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