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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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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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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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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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No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.
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He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, To get practice in being refused.
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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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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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