Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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