We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. -Diogenes

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Blushing is the color of virtue. -Diogenes

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A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. -Diogenes

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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves? -Diogenes

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

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Children are the only brave philosophers. And brave philosophers are, inevitably, children.

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

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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. -Diogenes

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The great thieves lead away the little thief. -Diogenes

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Stand a little less between me and the sun. -Diogenes

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