Diogenes of Sinope Quote

One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, "A child has beaten me in plainness of living."


Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 37 - Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius


One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, A child has beaten me in plainness of...

One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, A child has beaten me in plainness of...

One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, A child has beaten me in plainness of...

One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, A child has beaten me in plainness of...