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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

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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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Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
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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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If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?
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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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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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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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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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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 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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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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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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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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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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a human.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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