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New Project

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Diogenes was once asked what he thought of Socrates. "A madman," he replied.

Later, Plato was asked what he thought of Diogenes. "A Socrates gone mad," he replied.

Diogenes ridiculed Plato for being long-winded.

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Now I will be the first to say it's a good chance most of what i say is nonsense. But some of it is good stuff.

The Mad Socrates

So why Diogenes the Cynic (dog)? I believe as artists, no matter what form you practice, we are either geniuses acting crazy or we're mad men pretending hiding behind a cloak of genius. Who else but crazy people can walk around functional while dozens of people, even whole worlds of people, echo around in your head all day?

A heckler in the crowd shouted out, "My mind is not made like that, I can't be bothered with philosophy." "Why do you bother to live," Diogenes retorted, "if you can't be bothered to live properly?"

Think about it.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/diogenes_of_sinope.html#fDCMZhYmmSV0W38l.99

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?

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Modesty is the color of virtue.

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way too late to be posting anything so im gonna wait til the sun comes up use this thing.

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new to the whole blogging thing, lets see what happens