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| 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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