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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.

Diogenes

To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
DIOGENES

Criticize Deep Educate Yourself
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
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
DIOGENES

Beautiful Freedom Speech World
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.
DIOGENES

Bones Father Human Philosophy Slave
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENES

Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DIOGENES

Face Home Man Place Rich Spit
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
DIOGENES

Belong Drink Myself Wine
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.
DIOGENES

Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
Blushing is the color of virtue.
DIOGENES

Blush Color Virtue
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
DIOGENES

Banish Belly Easy Hunger Masturbate Rub
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DIOGENES

God Little Man Nothing Philosophy Privilege
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENES

Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
DIOGENES

Ear Listen Talk Tongue
No man is hurt but by himself.
DIOGENES

Deep Himself Hurt Man One Liner
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
DIOGENES

Feel Hurt Philosophy
He has the most who is most content with the least.
DIOGENES

Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy

We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.

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