9126. Diogenes Laërtius. fl. early 3d cent. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


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.