(01-03-2020, 08:06 PM)BIAD Wrote: ...And then as if by magic.
That sir is fantastical, and will be put to work by sundown! Give BIAD my thanks, and an extra bird for supper, on me - a big one, maybe a live turkey or peacock or something like that!
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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.’