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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Epictetus, Golden Sayings 128


What, did Diogenes love no man, he that was so gentle, so true a friend to men as cheerfully to endure such bodily hardships for the common weal of all mankind? 

But how loved he them? As behoved a minister of the Supreme God, alike caring for men and subject unto God. 

IMAGE: Maurice Quentin de la Tour, Diogenes (18th century)

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