Teach Oneself Quotes by Diogenes

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Diogenes has 81 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• No man is hurt but by himself.
• Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing,…
• I am looking for an honest man.
• Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
• I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.
• To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his…
• Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are…
• Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down."
• Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path…
• It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
• The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
• Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

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