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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?

Diogenes

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
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
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
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
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
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
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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Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Dog Few Good Great Philosophy Reward
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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Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Beautiful Freedom Speech World
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
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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Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself

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