Diogenes looking for an honest man by Caesar van Everdingen
Marie Antoinette’s son had great admiration for his tutor, Father d’Avaux. After a History lesson, the young prince lit a lantern and began searching the floor for something as he slowly made his way over to his teacher.
Having reached the priest, the Dauphin took his hand and said: “I’m more fortunate than Diogenes. I found someone.
Edmond Guérard, Dictionnaire encyclopédique d’anecdotes (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1872), Vol. I, p. 416. (Nobility.org translation.)
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 5
