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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.


Diogenes

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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
SOCRATES I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
SOCRATES I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

[As quoted in Plutarch's SOCRATES Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
PLUTARCH Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
PLUTARCH Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
PLUTARCH Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world
DIOGENES I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world
SOCRATES I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.
VICTOR PINCHUK I find it hard to call myself a nigerian or an african, all I can say is am a citizen of the world..
OLASOT I am a citizen of the world.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI I am a citizen of the world.
SYLVIA BEACH I am a citizen of the world
DEMOSTHENES I am a citizen of the world.
DIOGENES OF SINOPE I would like to think of my own status as what you called 'citizen of the world' or a 'citizen of a ...
AZAR NAFISI Who am I? Simply, A World Citizen!
MUSTAFA SAHIN I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.
CINDY SHEEHAN I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect ...
THEODORE BIKEL You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.
NAT KING COLE I am not a victim of a cruel world, I am an active participant in the world.
CHRISTOPHER SHEA I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.
EUGENE V. DEBS True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for...
HENRY HAZLITT I am an American citizen, and I have visited Israel on a couple of occasions.
BEN CARDIN I have no country to fight for: my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
EUGENE V. DEBS I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
EUGENE V. DEBS I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
EUGENE DEBS If a citizen threatens an officer or another citizen with death or imminent bodily harm, an officer ...
CARLA JOHNSON I am not a career politician. I am a citizen fed up with the way the country is headed,
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite
STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st...
STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I hav...
MARILYN MONROE Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.
JOHNNIE DENT JR. I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has c...
WERNER HERZOG The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world...
MARILYN MONROE An Athenian citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household; and even ...
THUCYDIDES A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place...
ANKITA SINGHAL I am proud to be an American Citizen.
ROBERT PURVIS ...Why haven’t we had sex in six days?”

“Because you have a bullet wound.”
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LORELEI JAMES You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace."
I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl...
TAMMARA WEBBER I am basically a citizen of the modern world, as we all are, praise the Lord and damn us all to hell...
ED WEEKS I am a Roman citizen.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO I am an enthusiastic European, and my first-hand experience of war and hatred has strengthened that ...
KLAUS SCHWAB God is my only leader. Truth is my only sword. Guided only by my conscience, I am a true citizen of ...
SUZY KASSEM I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Evelyn: Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter...
MAX ALLAN COLLINS Every age, and especially our own, stands in need of a JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed.
A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.
Even longer,' Pooh answered.”
...
A.A. MILNE I had hoped to be here in the capacity of town attorney, but I am here as a town citizen.
DENNIS CURTIN I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib...
C. JOYBELL C. Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
MARIANA FULGER Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold lik...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.
GEORGE FOREMAN If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citiz...
VANCE HAVNER If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
PLUTARCH If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothi...
CHARLES LAMB I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, S...
JAMES BOSWELL Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of...
JANE BYRNE When you are called for a great duty because you have been given a great ability, do your very best ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I am not for the left or the right, but for what is right over the wrong. I am not an elephant or a ...
SUZY KASSEM I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing ever...
THOMAS JEFFERSON I'm a happy person but an angry citizen.
LEWIS BLACK I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy.
DAVID SOUTER I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon...
ANGELINA JOLIE I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.
THEODORE BIKEL If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been pu...
NIGEL FARAGE I am a citizen of the world. Some of my best friends are black, including those I had from childhood...
LUIS ARAGONES The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of ...
TARIQ ALI I am but a message in a world full of messengers
NICHOLAS JOHNSON I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind.
C LIONG A person of value have skill, a vision & a deep desire to achieve what they dream for. Happiness com...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A man of guilt acknowledges and changes himself immediately on being hinted slightly about his fault...
ANUJ SOMANY The school year progressed slowly. I felt as if I had been in the sixth grade for years, yet it was ...
LUCY GREALY The value of a consultant;An outsider can see what an insider cannot see or has decided to ignore.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A family is like a card game, on one hand, you can get a really bad hand and on the other, your hand...
GARY F EVANS... The worth of a person’s quote is in his or her heart where it takes the birth and the value of the...
ANUJ SOMANY Walking the rugged trail of the unknown destiny can be filled with walls crashing and cracks on the ...
GARY F EVANS... It makes you wonder why the human race can be so selfish and self-centered sometimes, when on cold w...
GARY F EVANS... To have a pet in the family is to invite good health into your lives.It brings happiness to all and ...
GARY F EVANS... I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape an...
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