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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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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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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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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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Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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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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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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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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