Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
DIOGENESPoverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
More Diogenes Quotes
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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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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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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