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No man is hurt but by himself.

Diogenes

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
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
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
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
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
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
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
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
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
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

No man is hurt but by himself.

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