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Diogenes

He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
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
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
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
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
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
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
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
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
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
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
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
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
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
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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