Diogenes Quotes
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Modesty is the color of virtue.
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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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Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down".
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When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves."
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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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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.
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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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The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.