I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be. -Diogenes

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

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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. -Diogenes

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

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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. -Diogenes

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Modesty is the color of virtue. -Diogenes

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No man is hurt but by himself. -Diogenes

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

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

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

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