Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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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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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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