"When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people.""
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"The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted."
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"It takes a wise man to discover a wise man."
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"The mob is the mother of tyrants."
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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 question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man.""
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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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"If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?"
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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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"Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house."
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"The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled."
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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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"One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, "A child has beaten me in plainness of living.""
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"He was seized and dragged off to King Philip, and being asked who he was, replied, "A spy upon your insatiable greed.""
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"No man is hurt but by himself."
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"A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies."
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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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"Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy."
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"When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments."
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"We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake."
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