"We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?"

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Source: Attributed to Diogenes of Sinope in Let a simile be your umbrella by William Safire (p. 364), 2001.

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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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