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Favorite wine? Someone else's.

Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.54

The source

"Favorite wine? Someone else's." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.54. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ἐρωτηθεὶς ποῖον οἶνον ἡδέως πίνει, ἔφη, τὸν ἀλλότριον."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.54. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.

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 "Favorite wine? Someone else's."?
Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.54.
What is the original Greek?
ἐρωτηθεὶς ποῖον οἶνον ἡδέως πίνει, ἔφη, τὸν ἀλλότριον. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Calm.

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