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“Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.” quote by Diogenes — Download Open image

“Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.”

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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

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Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, "That's nothing wonderful," Diogenes said, "for a beetle or a tarantula would…

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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

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He has the most who is most content with the least.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

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Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead."

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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.

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“And at last, becoming a complete misanthrope, he used to live, spending his time in walking about the mountains; feeding on grasses and plants, and in consequence of these habits, he was attacked by the dropsy, and so then he returned to the city, and asked the physicians, in a riddle, whether they were able to produce a drought after…

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

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To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.

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Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies.…

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People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.

Gabrielle Zevin

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When you lived it for years and years and years and seen different characters just get pummeled and squashed because 'I said so,' it…

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Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

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But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.

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I was terrible student. I was capable, but I never like being told what to do, so I was always in the bottom class at school. In Australia, a lot of students study to the end of year 10, but don't go on to the final year, and I was asked to leave the school because they just thought I…

Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it.

August Strindberg

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[The Community's] crosses and trials give me confidence. But I derive my hope above all, and most especially, from our utter incapacity, for it is always upon nothingness that God is pleased to rear His works. If at any day we accomplish some good here, the glory will certainly be His alone, since He has employed for this end instruments…

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