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Diogenes

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
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
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
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
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
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
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
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
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
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
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
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
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World

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