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Diogenes Would Frequently Praise Those Who Were About To Marry, And Yet Did Not Marry.
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Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and
yet did not marry.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Diogenes, iv
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