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

Diogenes

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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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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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The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.
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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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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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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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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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Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta.
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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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