The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENESNo man is hurt but by himself.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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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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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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No man is hurt but by himself.
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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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