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To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay."

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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home."

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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."

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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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The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship and death.

Diogenes of Sinope

To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay.

Diogenes of Sinope

When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home.

Diogenes of Sinope

People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.

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