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We come into the world alone and we die alone.

Diogenes

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENES

Beautiful Freedom Speech World
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
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
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
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
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Comfort Deep Education Old Ornament Poor Rich Sober Young
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Poverty Teaching Virtue
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk
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
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
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
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise
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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Enemy Friend Good Man Preserve Task
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

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