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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

Diogenes

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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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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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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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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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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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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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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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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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If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?
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