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# Excerpt from the notes of Diogenes Laertius published by the magazine
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- Published: 2018-06-12T17:17:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:58:06.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Mores, Humour

Once Diogenes of Sinope (the very one from the barrel) was pleasuring himself in the middle of the marketplace, remarking: if only hunger could be eased by rubbing an empty belly.

From the notes of Diogenes Laërtius