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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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Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
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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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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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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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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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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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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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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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To Xeniades, who had purchased Diogenes at the slave market, he said, Come, see that you obey orders.
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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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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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The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a human.
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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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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
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