One of the sayings of Diogenes was that most men were within a finger’s breadth of being mad; for if a man walked with his middle finger pointing out, folks would think him mad, but not so if it were his forefinger.

— Diogenes Laërtius The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (200)

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