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

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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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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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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
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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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To Xeniades, who had purchased Diogenes at the slave market, he said, Come, see that you obey orders.
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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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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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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 once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, To get practice in being refused.
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
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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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