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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.
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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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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 original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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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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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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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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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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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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