Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)
580. DIOGENES AND THE BALD MAN
Perry 248 (Chambry
97)
A bald man insulted Diogenes the Cynic and Diogenes replied, 'Far be
it from me to make insults! But I do want to compliment your hair for
having abandoned such a worthless head.'
Note: For another anecdote about Diogenes the Cynic, see Fable
85.
Source:
Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura
Gibbs.
Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New
cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.
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