I am a citizen of the world.
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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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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 art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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