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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Modesty is the color of virtue. -Diogenes

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Blushing is the color of virtue. -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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If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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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. -Diogenes

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Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford

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

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

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

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