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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.

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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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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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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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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, In ruling people.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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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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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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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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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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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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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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