Arist.It’s strong, my lord, but true.

I’m blunt—outspoken. If I’ve angered you,

So much the worse; I always speak the truth.

Chrys. Heed not the yelping of this surly cur,

Naught satisfies him, Phanor!

Arist.There you’re wrong,

For I was satisfied to hear it once;

’Twas you that wanted it a second time!

Chrys. Back to your kennel, sham Diogenes!

Arist. I’m no Diogenes. He spent his life