But the young man rubbed his eyes as if he had just woke up, and he looked towards the rays of the sun, and won the consideration of all who now had turned their attention to him; for he no
longer showed himself licentious, nor did he stare madly
about, but he had returned to his own self, as thoroughly as if he had been treated with drugs; and he gave up his dainty dress and summery garments and the rest of his sybaritic way of life, and he fell in love with the
austerity of the philosophers, and donned their cloak, and stripping off his old self modeled his life in future upon that of Apollonius.
The gloomy headlines
about life in
austerity have become all too familiar reading over recent years, but what have the pressures on household budgets really meant for family life, and could some of the
long - term impacts have been hidden from view behind the front door?
«We're not just providing funding - which we are, and it's a
long story
about how we were able to free up the money with
austerity in Albany - but it's also devolved decision making,» Tobe said.