STOICAL WIT.

Zeno detected his slave in a theft, and ordered him to be _flogged_. The

slave having in mind the dogmas of his master, and thinking to

compliment him, in order to save himself from punishment, exclaimed--“It

was _fated_ that I should commit this theft.”--“And _also_ that you

should be _flogged_ for it,” replied Zeno.

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