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I am looking for an honest man.

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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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On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: '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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All things are in common among friends.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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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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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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The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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