The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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Diogenes the Cynick, seeing some Magistrates leading to the place of Execution a Fellow who had stolen some little Vessel: Here are great Thieves, cry’d he presently, that carry a little one to the Gallows.

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Diogene le Cynique, qui voyoit des Magistrats conduire au supplice un homme qui avoit dérobé quelque petit vase: Voici, s’écria-t-il aussi-tôt, de grands voleurs qui menent un petit Larron à la Potence.