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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

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When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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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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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.
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Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, Behold Plato's man!
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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 only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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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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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
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Lust is a strong tower of mischief, and hath in it many defenders, as neediness, anger, paleness, discord, love, and longing.
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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