“Just step aside for me to enjoy the sunshine.”

—  Diogenes Laërtius

Actually said by his namesake Diogenes of Sinope, when asked by Alexander the Great if there was anything he wanted.
Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Alexander", ch. 14, section 4.
Misattributed

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