Page 294 LUCIAN Dio. I shall commence operations by stripping
off your superfluities, putting you into fustian, and leaving you
closeted with Necessity. Then I shall give you a course of hard
labour. You will sleep on the ground, drink water, and fill your
belly as best you can. Have you money ? Take my advice and throw
it into the sea.. With wife and children and country you will not
concern yourself ; there will be no more of that nonsense. You
will exchange your present home for a sepulchre, a ruin, or a tub.
What with lupines and close-written tomes, your knapsack will never
be empty ; and you will vote yourself happier than any king. Nor
will you esteem it any inconvenience, if a flogging or a turn of
the rack should fall to your lot. Above all, be bold, be impudent
; distribute your abuse impartially to king and commoner. They
will admire your spirit. You will talk the Cynic jargon with the
true Cynic snarl, scowling as you walk, and walking as one should
who scowls ; an epitome of brutality. Away with modesty, good nature,
and forbearance. Wipe the blush from your cheek for ever. Your
hunting-ground will be the crowded city. You will live alone in
its midst, holding communion with none, admitting neither friend
nor guest ; for such would undermine your power. Scruple not to
perform the deeds of darkness in broad daylight : and finally,
when the fancy takes you, swallow a raw cuttlefish,, and die. Such
are the delights of Cynicism. |
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