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  • In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
    - Diogenes
  • There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
    - Diogenes
  • It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
    - Diogenes
  • No man is hurt but by himself.
    - Diogenes
  • 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
  • As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
    - Diogenes
  • Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
    - Diogenes
  • Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
    - Diogenes
  • It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
    - Diogenes