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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.

Diogenes

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Different Head Mad Myself Perspective Yourself
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
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
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
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
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
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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Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
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
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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Mind Original Quote Thought Worth
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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Belong Drink Myself Wine
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 a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk

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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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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