The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
DIOGENESPeople who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
More Diogenes Quotes
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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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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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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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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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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