https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/ Kestrell - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:25:19 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios kestrell personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/12439661/307003 https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/ 69 100 https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/239400.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:25:19 GMT https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/239400.html Diogenes the Cynic 5th century BC<br />a.k.a. "The Dog"<br /><br />1<br />I have come to debase the coinage.<br /><br />7<br />I am a citizen of the world.<br /><br />18 <br />When I die, throw me to the wolves. I'm used to it.<br /><br />30 <br />A. I am Alexander the Great.<br />B. I am Diogenes, the dog.<br />A. The dog?<br />B. I nuzzle the land, bark at the greedy, and bite louts.<br />A. What can I do for you?<br />B. Stand out of my light.<br /> <br />39 <br />One wrong will not balance another to be honorable and just is our only defense against men without honor or justice.<br /><br />42 <br />There is no stick hard enough to drive me away from a man from whom I can learn something.<br /><br />54 <br />Bury me prone: I have always faced the other way.<br /> <br />66 <br />Even with a lamp in broad daylight I cannot find an honest man.<br /><br />73 <br />I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?<br /><br />102 <br />Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves, whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kestrell&ditemid=239400" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/239400.html snark classics words public 3