<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358710" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>From The School Of The Renowned Philosopher</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">For two years he studied with Ammonios Sakkas,<br>but he was bored by both philosophy and Sakkas.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then he went into politics.<br>But he gave that up. That Prefect was an idiot,<br>and those around him, somber-faced officious nitwits:<br>their Greek—poor fools—absolutely barbaric.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">After that he became<br>vaguely curious about the Church: to be baptized<br>and pass as a Christian. But he soon<br>changed his mind: it would certainly have caused a row<br>with his parents, ostentatious pagans,<br>and—horrible thought—<br>they would have cut off at once<br>their extremely generous allowance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But he had to do something. He began to haunt<br>the corrupt houses of Alexandria,<br>every secret den of debauchery.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In this fortune favored him:<br>he’d been given an extremely handsome figure.<br>And he enjoyed the divine gift.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His looks would last<br>at least another ten years. And after that?<br>Maybe he’ll go back to Sakkas.<br>Or if the old man has died meanwhile,<br>he’ll go to another philosopher or sophist:<br>there’s always someone suitable around.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Constantine+P.+Cavafy">Constantine P. Cavafy</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358710" data-title="From The School Of The Renowned Philosopher de Constantine P. Cavafy" data-description="For two years he studied with Ammonios Sakkas, but he was bored by both philosophy and Sakkas. Then he went into politics. But he gave that up. That Prefect was an idiot, and those around him, somber-faced officious nitwits: their Greek—poor fo..."></div> </div> </div>

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