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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.

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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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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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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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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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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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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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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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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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To Xeniades, who had purchased Diogenes at the slave market, he said, Come, see that you obey orders.
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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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Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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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 most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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