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They laugh at me. I don't get laughed down.

Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.54

The source

"They laugh at me. I don't get laughed down." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.54. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"πρὸς τὸν εἰπόντα, πολλοί σου καταγελῶσιν, ἀλλʼ ἐγώ, ἔφη, οὐ καταγελῶμαι."

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 "They laugh at me. I don't get laughed down."?
Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.54.
What is the original Greek?
πρὸς τὸν εἰπόντα, πολλοί σου καταγελῶσιν, ἀλλʼ ἐγώ, ἔφη, οὐ καταγελῶμαι. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Character.

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