Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
DIOGENESHe lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
More Diogenes Quotes
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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No man is hurt but by himself.
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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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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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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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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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