Diogenes Quotes
When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home."
Citations
Laërtius, Diogenes. Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Translated by R. D. Hicks, vol. 2, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925, p. 51.
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Diogenes (/daɪˈɒdʒɪniːz/ dy-OJ-in-eez; Ancient Greek: Διογένης, romanized: Diogénēs [di.oɡénɛ͜ɛs]), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός, Diogénēs ho Kynikós), was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea coast of modern-day Turkey, in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC.