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Diogenes of Sinope
Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae Book VI
<blockquote>Concerning this city Diogenes was right in saying that it had far better go to the vultures rather than to the flatterers1), for the latter devour good men while they are still alive.
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Punning on korakas, “crows,” and kolakas, “flatterers.” “Go to the crows” was the usual expression for “go to the devil.”
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