It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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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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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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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 foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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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