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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.

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Diogenes the Cynic
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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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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To Xeniades, who had purchased Diogenes at the slave market, he said, Come, see that you obey orders.
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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
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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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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.
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I am looking for an honest man.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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