Diogenes Quote

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


Lives of Eminent Philosophers (ed. 1991)


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

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

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

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