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People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.


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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.



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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.



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