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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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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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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
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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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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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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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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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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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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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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.
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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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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.
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