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‘μικρὸν’ εἶπεν, ‘ἀπὸ τοῦ
ἡλίου μετάστηθι’ πρὸς τοῦτο λέγεται τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον οὕτω διατεθῆναι
καὶ θαυμάσαι καταφρονηθέντα τὴν ὑπεροψίαν καὶ τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ ἀνδρός,
ὥστε τῶν περὶ αὐτὸν, ὡς ἀπῄεσαν, διαγελώντων καὶ σκωπτόντων, ‘ἀλλὰ μὴν ἐγὼ,’ εἶπεν, ‘εἰ
μὴ Ἀλέξανδρος ἤμην, Διογένης ἂν ἤμην.’
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