Diogenes. Who calleth?
Alexander. Alexander. How happeneth it that you would not come out of your tub to my palace?
D. Because it was as far from my tub to your palace, as from your palace to my tub.
A. What! dost thou owe no reverence to kings?
D. No.
A. Why so?
D. Because they are not gods.
A. They are gods of the earth.
D. Yes, gods of the earth!
A. Plato is not of thy mind.