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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

Diogenes

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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
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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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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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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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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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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
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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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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.
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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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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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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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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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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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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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I am looking for an honest man.
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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 question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, The dream of a waking man.
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