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

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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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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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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
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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 chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
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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.
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Asked where he came from, he said, I am 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 health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.
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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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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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The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
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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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Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
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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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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, To get practice in being refused.
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