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• Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

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  Silly, Men, Animal

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• Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.

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  Cities, House, Wealth

  "Anthology (Book 4)". Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.

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• When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home."

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  Home, People, Said

  "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

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• Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

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  Calumny Is, Noise, Calumny

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• Nothing can be produced out of nothing.

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  Thinking

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• The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."

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  Dream, Hope, Men

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• When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.

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  Keys, Two Friends, Secret

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• To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.

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  Friendship, Men, Should Have

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• The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.

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  Men, Way, Honest

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• Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.

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  Marriage, Men, Young

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• If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.

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  Appreciate, Loan, Cloaks

  Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.54, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• No man is hurt but by himself.

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  Hurt, Educational, Men

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• When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

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  Time, Men, Rich

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

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  False Love, Catchy

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• The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.

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  Shining, Sun

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Book VI, Section 63, 1922.

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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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  Worry, Littles, Fame

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• Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

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  Poverty, Virtue, Teach

  "Anthology (Book 4)". Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.

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• The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.

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  Practice, Mind, Vigor

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• When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."

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  People, Slave, Ruling

  "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

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• Let us not unlearn what we have already learned

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  Unlearn

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• It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

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  Men, Littles, Privilege

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• Blushing is the color of virtue.

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  Love, Life, Dream

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

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  Wise, Wisdom, Kings

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• He was seized and dragged off to King Philip, and being asked who he was, replied, "A spy upon your insatiable greed."

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  Kings, Greed, Spy

  "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

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• 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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  Strong, Lust, Towers

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