It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
Diogenes of Sinope
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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No man is hurt but by himself
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Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves, whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
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Modesty is the color of virtue.
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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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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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When people laughed at him because he walked backward beneath the portico, he said to them: Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?
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