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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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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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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?
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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine.
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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
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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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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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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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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 is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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