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I am looking for an honest man.

Diogenes

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All things are in common among friends.
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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments the sound is all they have to offer.
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest 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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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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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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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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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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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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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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The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.
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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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