Alexander Quote by Francis Quarles

Though Diogenes lived in a tub, there might be, for aught I know, as much pride under his rags, as in the fine-spun garments…

— Jonathan Swift

The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there…

— Henry Home, Lord Kames

When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: ‘Yes,…

— Henry Hazlitt

When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine."

— Diogenes

But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

— Alexander the Great

“If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost…

— Alexander the Great

“If I could not be alexander I would be Diogenes”

— Alexander the Great

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

— Plutarch

“How miraculous it was, noted Diogenes, that whenever one felt that sort of urge, one could readily masturbate. But conversely how disheartening that one…

— David Markson

“One day a man invited him into a richly furnished house, saying 'be careful not to spit on the floor.' Diogenes, who needed to…

— Diogenes Laertius

“but because she had at once classed him in that catalogue of bipeds whom Plato endeavors to withdraw from the appellation of men, and…

— Alexandre Dumas

“There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows.…

— Arthur Conan Doyle