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

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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a human.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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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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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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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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If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?
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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?
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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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The question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, The dream of a waking man.
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