It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENESHe has the most who is most content with the least.
More Diogenes Quotes
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I am a citizen of the world.
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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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No man is hurt but by himself.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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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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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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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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