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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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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a human.
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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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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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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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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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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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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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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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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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