Greek - Philosopher | 412 BC - 323 BC
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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Stand a little less between me and the sun.
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I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
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The great thieves lead away the little thief.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
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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.
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I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
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