07-02-2017, 11:04 PM
(07-02-2017, 04:59 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: Are some people just born naturally evil, or what?
Yes.
Many years ago, when I was taking my police training, one of my instructors stressed to us that, and I quote, "some people are just born junkyard-dog mean. They're born evil, always were evil, and always will be, until they take their last breath."
Over the years, I've found that to be an absolute truism.
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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.’
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.’