Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Diogenes

1 I have come to debase the coinage.

15 I learned from the mice how to get along: no rent, no taxes, no grocery bill.

18 When I die, throw me to the wolves. I'm used to it.

24 Before begging it is useful to practice on statues.

54 Bury me prone: I have always faced the other way.

73 I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?

101 It is a convenience not to fear the dark.

118 The only real commonwealth is the whole world.

Source "7 Greeks" translated and edited by Guy Davenport

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