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.
DIOGENESI pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
More Diogenes Quotes
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I am a citizen of the world.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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