“Just like the moon, I'll step aside, and let your sun shine while I follow behind…”
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“Just step aside for me to enjoy the sunshine.”
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.
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