Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
DIOGENESTo become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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I am a citizen of the world.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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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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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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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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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