He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENESTo become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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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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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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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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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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