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.
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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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