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A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can."
A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can."
Approximate author period: c. 200 AD · classical
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- Diogenes Laertius
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- Approximate author period: c. 200 AD · classical
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Diogenes. vi.
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