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Blushing is the color of virtue.

Diogenes

Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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Bite Dog Enemy Friend Perspective
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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Effect Fret Gall Good Honest Man Yourself
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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Enemy Friend Good Man Preserve Task
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
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Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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Feel Hurt Philosophy
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
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Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
I am a citizen of the world.
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Citizen Myself World
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
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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Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
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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Deep Himself Lunch Man Poor Proper Rich Time Yourself
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise

Blushing is the color of virtue.

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