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Time Well WastedThe tyrant Dionysius was dining one day with Philip II of Macedon, who took to scorning the tyrant's father for having squandered his leisure hours writing poetry and plays. "How could a king find time to write such trifles?" he asked. "In those hours," Dionysius replied, "which you and I spend in drunkenness and debauchery."
Dionysius II, ["the Younger"] (c. 395 BC-343 BC) tyrant of Syracuse (367-356, 346-343) [noted for his inept rule and his expulsion from Sicily and 10-year exile in Locri (southern Italy) for his despotic rule]
[Sources: E. Fuller, 2500 Anecdotes]More ["the Dionysius II anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
Witty Replies Drunkenness Debauchery Hypocrisy
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