"None are so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their own company, as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves."

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The cynic who twitted Aristippus by observing that the philosopher who could dine on herbs might despise the company of a king, was well replied to by Aristippus, when he remarked that the philosopher who could enjoy the company or a king might also despise a dinner of herbs.

— Charles Caleb Colton