Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
DIOGENES- To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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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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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
DIOGENESOf what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENESHe lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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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.
DIOGENESAlexander 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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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENESIt takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
DIOGENESTo become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENESThe most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
DIOGENESOne original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
DIOGENESThe art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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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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No man is hurt but by himself.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENESWe have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
DIOGENESOther dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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