"It takes a wise man to discover a wise man."

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Source: The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern. Book by Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1937.

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Diogenes

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Diogenes was a Greek philosopher known for his ascetic lifestyle and sharp critiques of societal norms, embodying the principles of Cynicism.

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"Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!""

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