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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
Diogenes
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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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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If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?
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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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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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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 chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
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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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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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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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All things are in common among friends.
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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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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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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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