Summer: roll in hot sand. Winter: hug frozen statues.

The source

"Summer: roll in hot sand. Winter: hug frozen statues." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.23. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"καὶ θέρους μὲν ἐπὶ ψάμμου ζεστῆς ἐκυλινδεῖτο, χειμῶνος δʼ ἀνδριάντας κεχιονισμένους περιελάμβανε, πανταχόθεν ἑαυτὸν συνασκῶν."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.23. 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 "Summer: roll in hot sand. Winter: hug frozen statues."?

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.23.

What is the original Greek?

καὶ θέρους μὲν ἐπὶ ψάμμου ζεστῆς ἐκυλινδεῖτο, χειμῶνος δʼ ἀνδριάντας κεχιονισμένους περιελάμβανε, πανταχόθεν ἑαυτὸν συνασκῶν. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.