Tag: Diogenes
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Most men are within a finger’s breadth of being mad.
Diogenes
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In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes
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Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
Diogenes
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As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
Diogenes
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
Diogenes
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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Diogenes
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Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
Diogenes
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
Diogenes
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A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.
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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
Diogenes