Good men in Greece? Nowhere. Good boys? In Sparta.
Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.27
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Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.27
"Good men in Greece? Nowhere. Good boys? In Sparta." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.27. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"ἄνδρας μέν, εἶπεν, οὐδαμοῦ, παῖδας δʼ ἐν Λακεδαίμονι."Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.27. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.
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.
Good men in Greece? Nowhere. Good boys? In Sparta.
Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.27
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