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

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Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta.
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No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.
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When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
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Fools! You think of god as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.
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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?
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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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He was seized and dragged off to King Philip, and being asked who he was, replied, A spy upon your insatiable greed.
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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.
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Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, That's nothing wonderful, Diogenes said, for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same.
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One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, A child has beaten me in plainness of living.
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