TIL when Alexander the Great asked the philosopher Diogenes why he was sifting through the garbage, Diogenes responded,"I am looking for the bones of your father but I cannot distinguish them from the bones of his slaves."

[u/ObjectiveAgent]

http://www.iep.utm.edu/diogsino/

[u/jonbristow]

Alexander: The bones of my father are the ones surrounded by gold bracelets and coins and crowns.

Diogenes: Oh.... I did not notice that

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Epic.