Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
DIOGENESWe have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
More Diogenes Quotes
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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