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ME: Up there beside Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, and Socrates. HIM: No. I'd go better between Diogenes the philosopher and Phryne the prostitute. Like one of them I'm impudent, and I happily hang around the houses of the other. ME UP THERE BESIDE CAESAR MARGUS AURALIS AND SOCRATES HIM NO I'D GO BETTER BETWEEN DIAGENEES THE PHILOSOPHER AND FRINEY THE PROSTITUTE LIKE ONE OF THEM I'M IMPUDENT AND I HAPPILY HANG AROUND THE HOUSES OF THE OTHER
ry, oratory, music and other similar nonsense. What good is mediocrity in things like that? ME: Not much, I agree. But large numbers of men must work at them before the man of genius appears, one man in a multitude. But let's drop that subject. It's been an eternity since I last saw you. I hardly think of you when I don't see you. But I'm always pleased to see you again. What have you been doing? HIM: What you, I, and all the other do--some good, some bad--and nothing. Then when I was hungry, I ate when I had a chance. After eating, I was thirsty and I drank sometimes. However, I grew a beard, and when that came, I shaved it off. ME: You shouldn't have done that. It's the one thing you need to be a wise man. HIM: That's right. I have a lofty wrinkled forehead, a burning eye, a jutting nose, large cheeks, black bushy eyebrows, a clean-cut mouth, curving lips, a square face. If this vast chin was covered with a long beard, can you imagine how splendid that would look in bronze or marble? EN OF GENIUS HIM YES IN CHESS INCHEKER'S POETRY ORATORY MUSIC AND OTHER SIMILAR NONSENSE WHAT GOOD IS MEDIOCRITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT ME NOT MUCH I AGREE BUT LARGE NUMBERS OF MEN MUST WORK AT THEM BEFORE THE MAN OF GENIUS APPEARS ONE MAN IN A MULTITUDE BUT LET'S DROP THAT SUBJECT IT'S BEEN AN ETERNITY SINCE I LAST SAW YOU I HARDLY THINK OF YOU WHEN I DON'T SEE YOU BUT AM ALWAYS PLEASED TO SEE YOU AGAIN WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING HIM WHAT YOU I AND ALL THE OTHERS DO SOME GOOD SOME BAD AND NOTHING THEN WHEN I WAS HUNGRY I ATE WHEN I HAD A CHANCE AFTER EATING I WAS THIRSTY AND I DRANK SOMETIMES HOWEVER I GREW A BEARD AND WHEN THAT CAME I SHAVED IT OFF ME YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT IT'S THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO BE A WISE MAN HIM THAT'S RIGHT I HAVE A LOFTY WRINKLED FOREHEAD A BURNING EYE A JUTTY NOSE LARGE CHEEKS BLACK BUSHY EYEBROWS A CLEAN CUT MOUTH CURVING LIPS A SQUARE FACE IF THIS VAST CHIN WAS COVERED WITH A LONG BEARD CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW SPLENDID THAT WOULD LOOK IN BRONZE OR MARBLE
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