Veilige Betaling A Brief History of Biographies – Andrew Brown

Aeschylus was attending a boxing-match at the Isthmian games: whenever one of the boxers was hit by the other, the audience roared. Brasidas the Spartan picked up some dried figs: out ran a mouse and nipped him, so that he dropped the fruit. Diogenes the philosopher saw someone using his hands to drink, and threw away his own cup. These little stories are all made to yield moral lessons. —