The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENESAlexander 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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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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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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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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