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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

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Blushing is the color of virtue.
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Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
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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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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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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 not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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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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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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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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Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
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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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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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Asked where he came from, he said, I am a citizen of the world.
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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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When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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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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