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It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.


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

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



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

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



I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?

I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?



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

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



Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"

Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"



I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.



He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."

He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."



It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.



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

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



One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings





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Because someone imagined it so we have, if you can imagine it you can release it.

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One or two steps alone do not guarantee the evidence of your success unless you have your own peculiar definition for success. And I assure you

One or two steps alone do not guarantee the evidence of your success unless you have your own peculiar definition for success. And I assure you



I would love to do a reunion tour if it only involved basements across the U.S.

I would love to do a reunion tour if it only involved basements across the U.S.



That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.



Even other movies I wasn't involved with, I'd watch them edit 'cause I really enjoy watching them go through their process. It's a very economical, educational process.

Even other movies I wasn't involved with, I'd watch them edit 'cause I really enjoy watching them go through their process. It's a very economical, educational process.



I get a lot of unasked for sexual confessions.

I get a lot of unasked for sexual confessions.



One does not "manage" people. The task is to lead people.

One does not "manage" people. The task is to lead people.



But anyone who has been that young knows that the great grief of love is that your body feels the most when it knows the least.

But anyone who has been that young knows that the great grief of love is that your body feels the most when it knows the least.



Sometimes we get so busy pursuing our dream that we forget to notice the degree to which we're living it already.

Sometimes we get so busy pursuing our dream that we forget to notice the degree to which we're living it already.




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