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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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I am looking for an honest man.
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On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
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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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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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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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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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All things are in common among friends.
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The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
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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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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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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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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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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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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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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 question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, The dream of a waking man.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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