Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
DIOGENESThe only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
More Diogenes Quotes
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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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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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.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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