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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.

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Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, Behold Plato's man!
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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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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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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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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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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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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On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
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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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Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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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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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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