Aris. He seeketh to draw neere to the gods in knowledge, not to be a god.
[Enter Diogenes.[827]]
Plato. Let us question a little with Diogenes why he went not with us to Alexander. Diogenes, thou didst forget thy duety, that 115 thou wentst not with us to the king.
Diog. And you your profession that went to the king.
Plato. Thou takest as great pride to be peevish as others do glory to be vertuous.
Diog. And thou as great honour, being a philosopher, to be 120 thought court-like, as others shame, that be courtiers, to be accounted philosophers.
Aris. These austere manners set aside, it is well knowne that thou didst counterfeite money.[828]
Diog. And thou thy manners, in that thou didst not counterfeite 125 money.[829]
Aris. Thou hast reason to contemne the court, being both in bodie and minde too crooked for a courtier.
Diog. As good be crooked and indevour to make my selfe straight, from the court, as bee straight and learne to be crooked at the court. 130