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I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.


Diogenes

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DIOGENES Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
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DIOGENES It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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DIOGENES The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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DIOGENES I still have my lantern.
DIOGENES I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
DIOGENES Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world
DIOGENES Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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DIOGENES Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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DIOGENES I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance
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LAERTIUS DIOGENES To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts.
LAERTIUS DIOGENES Take the goods the gods provide thee.
LAERTIUS DIOGENES None but the brave deserve the fair.
LAERTIUS DIOGENES If gaming does an aged sire entice, Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
LAERTIUS DIOGENES Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
LAERTIUS DIOGENES The truly noble mind has no resentments.
LAERTIUS DIOGENES Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
LAERTIUS DIOGENES Sweet is pleasure after pain.
LAERTIUS DIOGENES And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
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DIOGENES OF SINOPE Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
DIOGENES OF SINOPE Modesty is the color of virtue.
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DIOGENES THE CYNIC Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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DIOGENES OF SINOPE A philosopher named Aristippus, who had quite willingly sucked up to Dionysus and won himself a spot...
DIOGENES OF SINOPE It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DIOGENES OF SINOPE The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
DIOGENES OF SINOPE It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
DIOGENES OF SINOPE Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
DIOGENES OF SINOPE Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
DIOGENES OF SINOPE There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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