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They sentenced me to exile. I sentenced them to stay home.

Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.49

The source

"They sentenced me to exile. I sentenced them to stay home." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.49. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"Σινωπεῖς σου φυγὴν κατέγνωσαν, ἐγὼ δέ γε, εἶπεν, ἐκείνων μονήν."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.49. 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 sentenced me to exile. I sentenced them to stay home."?
Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.49.
What is the original Greek?
Σινωπεῖς σου φυγὴν κατέγνωσαν, ἐγὼ δέ γε, εἶπεν, ἐκείνων μονήν. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Character.

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