One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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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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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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise 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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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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