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One Quotes by Diogenes
- To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill…
- Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
- The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
- Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
- One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
- If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose…
- A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.
- We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
- One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in…
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- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
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