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When I got the notion Socrates was going out too much, I used to hide his dress clothes. Then there was the case of Rubens. He gave a Carbon Talk at the Sforza's Thursday Night Club, merely to oblige Madame Sforza, and three weeks later discovered that she had sold his pictures to pay for her gown! WHEN I GOT THE NOTION SOCRATES WAS GOING OUT TOO MUCH I USED TO HIDE HIS DRESS CLOTHES THEN THERE WAS THE CASE OF REUBEN'S HE GAVE A CARBON TALK AT THE SFORZO'S THURSDAY NIGHT CLUB MERELY TO OBLIGE MADAME SFORZO AND THREE WEEKS LATER DISCOVERED THAT SHE HAD SOLD HIS PICTURES TO PAY FOR HER GOWN
 this,” put in Xanthippe: “You people who get up functions have brought this condition of affairs on yourselves. You were not satisfied to go ahead and indulge your passion for lions in a moderate fashion. Take the case of Demosthenes last winter, for instance. His wife told me that he dined at home three times during the winter. The rest of the time he was out, here, there, and everywhere, making after-dinner speeches. The saving on his dinner bills didn’t pay his pebble account, much less remunerate him for his time, and the fearful expense of nervous energy to which he was subjected. It was as much as she could do, she said, to keep him from shaving one side of his head, so that he couldn’t go out, the way he used to do in Athens when he was afraid he would be invited out and couldn’t scare up a decent excuse for refusing.” “Did he do that?” cried Elizabeth, with a roar of laughter. “So the cyclopædias say. It’s a good plan, too,” said Xanthippe. “Though Socrates never had to do it. ELL ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY IS JUST THIS PUT IN ZANTIPPY YOU PEOPLE WHO GET UP FUNCTIONS HAVE BROUGHT THIS CONDITION OF AFFAIRS ON YOURSELVES YOU WERE NOT SATISFIED TO GO AHEAD AND INDULGE YOUR PASSION FOR LIONS IN A MODERATE FASHION TAKE THE CASE OF DEMOSTHENES LAST WINTER FOR INSTANCE HIS WIFE TOLD ME THAT HE DINED AT HOME THREE TIMES DURING THE WINTER THE REST OF THE TIME HE WAS OUT HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE MAKING AFTER DINNER SPEECHES THE SAVING ON HIS DINNER BILLS DIDN'T PAY HIS PEBBLE ACCOUNT MUCH LESS REMUNERATE HIM FOR HIS TIME AND THE FEARFUL EXPENSE OF NERVOUS ENERGY TO WHICH HE WAS SUBJECTED IT WAS AS MUCH AS SHE COULD DO SHE SAID TO KEEP HIM FROM SHAVING ONE SIDE OF HIS HEAD SO THAT HE COULDN'T GO OUT THE WAY HE USED TO DO IN ATHENS WHEN HE WAS AFRAID THAT HE WOULD BE INVITED OUT AND COULDN'T SCARE UP A DECENT EXCUSE FOR REFUSING DID HE DO THAT CRIED ELIZABETH WITH A ROAR OF LAUGHTER SO THAT CYCLOPAEDIAS SAY IT'S A GOOD PLAN TOO SAID SANTHIPY THOUGH SOCRATES NEVER HAD TO DO IT
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