It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DIOGENESThe mob is the mother of tyrants.
More Diogenes Quotes
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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