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“A philosopher named Aristippus, who had quite willingly sucked up to Dionysus and won himself a spot at his court, saw Diogenes cooking lentils for a meal. "If you would only learn to compliment Dionysus, you wouldn't have to live on lentils."
Diogenes replied, "But if you would only learn to live on lentils, you wouldn't have to flatter Dionysus.”
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Diogenes replied, "But if you would only learn to live on lentils, you wouldn't have to flatter Dionysus.”
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“Never speak ill of the dead, insult his kin instead.”
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“Being gifted doesn’t mean you’ve been given something. It means, you have something to give.”
― I Wrote This For You
― I Wrote This For You
“Beauty is an illusion.”
― The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality
― The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality
“We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again”
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Kaleste’s 2025 Year in Books
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