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Diogenes Quotes: Lust is a strong tower of mischief, and hath in it many defenders, as neediness, anger, paleness, discord, love, and longing.
         

Lust is a strong tower of mischief, and hath in it many defenders, as neediness, anger, paleness, discord, love, and longing.


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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?



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



Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"

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

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



He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."

He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."



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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.



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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.



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