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“If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!”
― The Temple
― The Temple
“Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance and shimmy, and you've got an audience!”
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“So it is: we are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not Ill-supplied but wasteful of it.”
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
“The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, 'If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.'
Said Diogenes, 'Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king".”
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Said Diogenes, 'Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king".”
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