06-19-2020, 02:13 AM
Hi projectvxn! Welcome home! Come in, have a seat, prop up your feet, and don't mind the dog - he growls, but he's toothless. I'm just as disagreeable as ever (Neno in a former life), but I'm old and toothless too, so it's all good.
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.’