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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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The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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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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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments the sound is all they have to offer.
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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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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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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 sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.
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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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On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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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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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
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