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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.

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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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I am looking for an honest man.
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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a human.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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