dots-menu
×

Home  »  Familiar Quotations  »  9148 Diogenes La&eumlrtius fl early 3d ent John Bartlett

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

9148 Diogenes La&eumlrtius fl early 3d ent John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9148
AUTHOR:Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.)
QUOTATION:One of the sayings of Diogenes was that most men were within a finger’s breadth of being mad; for if a man walked with his middle finger pointing out, folks would think him mad, but not so if it were his forefinger.
ATTRIBUTION:Diogenes. vi.