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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.

Diogenes

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DIOGENES

Face Home Man Place Rich Spit
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
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
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
DIOGENES

Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
DIOGENES

Brought Man Yourself
Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENES

Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
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
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
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
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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Banish Belly Easy Hunger Masturbate Rub
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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Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare

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