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The mob is the mother of tyrants.

Diogenes

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
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
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
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
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
DIOGENES

Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
DIOGENES

Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
DIOGENES

Mob Mother Tyrant
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENES

Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
DIOGENES

Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
DIOGENES

Bite Dog Enemy Friend Perspective
No man is hurt but by himself.
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Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave

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