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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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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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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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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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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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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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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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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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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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