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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
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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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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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Fools! You think of god as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.
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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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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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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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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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