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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.

Diogenes

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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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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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The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments the sound is all they have to offer.
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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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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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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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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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Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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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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Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, That's nothing wonderful, Diogenes said, for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same.
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I am looking for an honest man.
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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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