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" The art of being a slave is to rule one's master. "
Diogenes
Being
Slave
Rule
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" It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend. "
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Most
Time
" I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. "
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Drinking
Cup
" Stand a little less between me and the sun. "
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Stand
Sun
Little
" He has the most who is most content with the least. "
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Most
Who
" I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be. "
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Know
Whether
" In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. "
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House
Spit
Rich
" Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. "
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Good
Greatest
Dogs
" 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. "
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Friends
Good
" Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. "
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Man
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Wisdom
" I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give. "
Diogenes
Side
Me
You
" Blushing is the color of virtue. "
Diogenes
Color
Blushing
Virtue
" We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. "
Diogenes
Two
Talk
More
" What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others. "
Diogenes
Others
Drink
Wine
" The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. "
Diogenes
Sun
Shines
Nature
" Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings? "
Diogenes
Anybody
Who
Use
" Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. "
Diogenes
Wise
Leaders
Person
" No man is hurt but by himself. "
Diogenes
Himself
Man
Hurt
" The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them. "
Diogenes
Polluted
Them
Too
" 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
Practice
Music
Virtue
" Calumny is only the noise of madmen. "
Diogenes
Madmen
Only
Noise
" It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. "
Diogenes
Want
Privilege
Nothing
" There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. "
Diogenes
Man
Wise Man
Wise
" Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly. "
Diogenes
Animals
Man
Most
" The mob is the mother of tyrants. "
Diogenes
Mother
Tyrants
Mob
" I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals. "
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Me
Anything
Because
" Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. "
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Men
Most
Finger
" Modesty is the color of virtue. "
Diogenes
Virtue
Modesty
Color
" I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance. "
Diogenes
Fact
Except
Ignorance
" It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. "
Diogenes
Wise
Wise Man
Discover