<blockquote>It was, indeed, a common saying of Diogenes the Cynic that Harpalus, who had the reputation in that age of being a successful robber, was a standing witness against the gods, because he lived for so long in that state of good fortune.
Source: De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods), trans. Francis Brooks (London: Methuen, 1896).</blockquote>