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

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He was breakfasting in the marketplace, and the bystanders gathered round him with cries of dog. It is you who are dogs, cried he, when you stand round and watch me at my breakfast.
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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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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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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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All things are in common among friends.
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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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