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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

Diogenes

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
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
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
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
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
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
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
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
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
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
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
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

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