ει340Εἰ φίλου χρῄζεις ὑπουργίας
if you need a friend's services
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those with a noble spirit. For when Antisthenes was ill Diogenes said something like this before handing him a dagger.
Εἰ φίλου χρῄζεις ὑπουργίας· ἐπὶ τῶν γενναίαν ψυχὴν ἐχόντων. ἀρρωστοῦντι γὰρ Ἀντισθένει ξιφίδιον δέδωκε Διογένης εἰπὼν τοιοῦτον λόγιον.