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“When Alexander asked Diogenes whether he wanted anything, "Yes," said he, "I would have you stand from between me and the sun."”
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- Source:
- Life of Alexander.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- f8238bf589eb9fe8f2670c4ff158625c657c9c423a43571d9c8ee2939fc24a34
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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