Begging from a statue. Practicing rejection.

The source

"Begging from a statue. Practicing rejection." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.

"He once asked for a statue; and being questioned as to his reason ... he said: I am practising disappointment"

C. D. Yonge, 1853, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Anecdote reported by Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD).

Who said it

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). The Cynic who lived in a jar in Athens and told Alexander the Great to get out of his sun.

Questions

Who said "Begging from a statue. Practicing rejection."?

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6.

What is the original wording?

He once asked for a statue; and being questioned as to his reason ... he said: I am practising disappointment (C. D. Yonge, 1853). Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.