E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Antis’thenes.
Founder of the Cynic School in Athens. He wore a ragged cloak, and carried a wallet and staff like a beggar. Soc’rats wittily said he could “see rank pride peering through the holes of Antis’thens’ rags.”
s wittily said he could “see rank pride peering through the holes of Antis’then
