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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

Diogenes

The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENES

Effect Fret Gall Good Honest Man Yourself
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
When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
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
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
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Education Foundation State Youth
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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Art Deep Master Perspective Philosophy Rule Slave
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
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Blush Color Virtue
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
I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Bark Bite Dog Greedy Kind Myself
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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Change Confront Fortune Gain Least Myself Philosophy Prepare
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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Alone Come Death World
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
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

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