It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DIOGENESYou will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
More Diogenes Quotes
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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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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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”
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