After seeing a stupid wrestler practicing as a doctor, Diogenes inquired of him, "What does this mean? Is it that you may now have your revenge on the rivals who formerly beat you?"
Seeing the child of a courtesan throw stones at a crowd, he cried out, "Take care you don't hit your father."
A boy having shown him a dagger that he had received from an admirer, Diogenes remarked, "A pretty blade with an ugly handle."
When some people commended a person who had given him a gratuity, he broke in with "You have no praise for me who was worthy to receive it."
When someone asked that he might have back his cloak, "If it was a gift," replied Diogenes, "I possess it; while, if it was a loan, I am using it."
A supposititious son having told him that he had gold in the pocket of his dress, "True," said he, "and therefore you sleep with it under your pillow."
IMAGE: Bernard Picart, Diogenes (1724)
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