When scolded for masturbating in public, he said "I wish it… - Diogenes of Sinope

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When scolded for masturbating in public, he said "I wish it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly."

Diogenes of Sinope

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Diogenes of Sinope (or Diogenes the Cynic; c. 412 BC – 323 BC) was the most famous of the Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece. No writings of his survive, but his sayings are recorded by Diogenes Laërtius and others.

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Native Name: Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς

Alternative Names: Diogenes 'The Dog' of Sinope • Diogenes the Cynic • Diogenes

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Plutarch Diogenes Laërtius Jonathan Swift François Rabelais Aristophanes

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When asked why people give to beggars but not to philosophers, he replied, 'Because they expect they may become lame and blind, but never that they will become philosophers.'

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When people laughed at him because he walked backward beneath the portico, he said to them: "Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?"

When scolded for masturbating in public, he said "I wish it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly." - Diogenes of Sinope

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