Diogenes of Sinope - Asked Quotes

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Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world."

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When asked what was the proper time for supper:
If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

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He was seized and dragged off to King Philip, and being asked who he was, replied, "A spy upon your insatiable greed."

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When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine."

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He was going into a theatre, meeting face to face those who were coming out, and being asked why, "This," he said, "is what I practise doing all my life."

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Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "'Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."

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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."

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When asked by Alexander if he wanted anything:
Stand a little out of my sun.

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To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, "If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can."

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He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."

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