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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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All things are in common among friends.
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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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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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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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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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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta.
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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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Lust is a strong tower of mischief, and hath in it many defenders, as neediness, anger, paleness, discord, love, and longing.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
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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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