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October 3, 2018
[the Greek philosopher]Diogenes was once noticed begging from a statue. Asked the reason for this pointless conduct, he replied, "I am exercising the art of being rejected."
—Clifton Fadiman
American writer, editor, and entertainer(1904-1999)
Source:introduction to The Little, Brown book of Anecdotes, edited by Clifton Fadiman(buy from Amazon)