“When scolded for masturbating in public, he said "I wish it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly."”

—  Diogenes of Sinope

Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 46, 69
As quoted in Encarta Book of Quotations (2000) edited by Bill Swainson, p. 274
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Variant: If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

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ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic… -404–-322 BC

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