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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

9126 Diogenes La&eumlrtius fl early 3d ent John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9126
AUTHOR:Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.)
QUOTATION:Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirates; and when the rest said, “We are undone if we are known,”—“But I,” said he, “am undone if we are not known.”
ATTRIBUTION:Bion. iii.