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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.

— Diogenes of Sinope

οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι κύνες τοὺς ἐχθροὺς δάκνουσιν, ἐγὼ δὲ τοὺς φίλους, ἵνα σώσω.

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

Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world."

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Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, "The great thieves are leading away the little thief."

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