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Diogenes

The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
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
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
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
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
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
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
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
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
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
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
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
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

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