Though Diogenes lived in a tub, there might be as much pride under his rags, as in the fine spun garments of the divine Plato. (Jonathan Swift)

Though Diogenes lived in a tub, there might be as much pride under his rags, as in the fine spun garments of the divine Plato.

Jonathan Swift

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