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

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

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Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
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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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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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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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We come into the world alone and we die alone.
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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
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Behold! I’ve brought you a man.
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Brought Man Yourself
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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Dog Himself Man Myself One Liner Perspective Piss Surprise
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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Mob Mother Tyrant
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
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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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
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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Deep Give Myself Nothing Remove Sun Sunshine Yourself
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
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Deep Instrument Music People Sound Talk
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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Ear Listen Talk Tongue
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Content Deep Himself Least One Liner Philosophy
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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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
No man is hurt but by himself.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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