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On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame


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

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



We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.



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

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



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

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!"

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!"



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."



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

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



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

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



One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings





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Personal Responsibility is something that you should do because it is morally right, legally required, etc.

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I never drank from the fountain of knowledge, I had mine on the rocks.

I never drank from the fountain of knowledge, I had mine on the rocks.



The joke that you laid in the bed that was me.

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It is the objective of the protagonist that keeps us in our seats.

It is the objective of the protagonist that keeps us in our seats.



It is always easier to capture eternity in the falling snow or along the coast where the waves crash and in solitary and lonely places. It is the quiet places where it is easiest to feel eternity.

It is always easier to capture eternity in the falling snow or along the coast where the waves crash and in solitary and lonely places. It is the quiet places where it is easiest to feel eternity.



A grandma is old on the outside and young on the inside.

A grandma is old on the outside and young on the inside.



To claim the World Bank is just an extension of US foreign policy is just wrong.

To claim the World Bank is just an extension of US foreign policy is just wrong.



How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?

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