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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

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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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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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I am looking for an honest man.
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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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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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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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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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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 question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, The dream of a waking man.
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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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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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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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