Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men… - Diogenes Laërtius

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Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirates; and when the rest said, "We are undone if we are known,"—"But I," said he, "am undone if we are not known."

Diogenes Laërtius

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Diogenes Laërtius (fl. c. 3rd century AD), was a biographer of ancient Greek philosophers. His Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, in ten books, is still extant and is an important source of information on the development of Greek philosophy. The period when he lived is not exactly known, but it is supposed to have been during the reigns of Septimius Severus and Caracalla.

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Native Name: Διογένης ὁ Λαέρτιος

Alternative Names: Diogenes Laertius

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