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 <blockquote>He waged constant warfare against all whose philosophy was not practical, but for show. So when he saw a cynic, with threadbare cloak and wallet, but a braying-pestle instead of a staff, proclaiming himself loudly as a follower of **Antisthenes**, Crates, and Diogenes, he said: ‘Tell us no lies; your master is the professor of braying.’ <blockquote>He waged constant warfare against all whose philosophy was not practical, but for show. So when he saw a cynic, with threadbare cloak and wallet, but a braying-pestle instead of a staff, proclaiming himself loudly as a follower of **Antisthenes**, Crates, and Diogenes, he said: ‘Tell us no lies; your master is the professor of braying.’
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 +Source: The Works of Lucian of Samosata. Translated by Fowler, H W and F G. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1905.\\
 [[http://lucianofsamosata.info/Demonax.html|Source]]</blockquote> [[http://lucianofsamosata.info/Demonax.html|Source]]</blockquote>
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