The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English;: or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and ModernBoyer, Abel
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The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English;: or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern
Boyer, Abel
Anecdotes; Wit and humor
_Diogene_ voyant sur la porte d’un nouveau marié ces Mots écrits,
_loin d’ici le Mal_, il dit, _Aprés la Mort le Medecin_. Le même
Philosophe apperceût un jour des Femmes penduës à un Olivier: _Plût
à Dieu_, s’écria-t-il, _que tous les autres Arbres portassent un
semblable fruit_!
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_Paulus Æmilius_ divorced a Wife, who seemed to be Mistress of all
the Qualifications necessary to make her beloved. This Divorcement
surprized a great many; but he told them, shewing them his Shoe,
_You see that this Shoe fits me, and is well made, but you don’t
see where it wrings me_.
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_Paulus Æmilius_ repudia une Femme qui paroissoit avoir tous les
avantages capables de se faire aimer. Ce divorce ètonnoit bien des
Gens, mais il leur dit en montrant son Soulier: _Vous voyez que ce
Soulier est propre, qu’il est bien fait: mais vous ne voyez pas où
il blesse_.
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_Diogenes_ said to a young hare-brained Fellow, that threw Stones
at a Gibbet; _Well, I see thou’lt touch the mark at last_.
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_Diogene_ dit à un jeune étourdi qui jettoit des Pierres vers un
Gibet: _Courage, je vois bien qu’enfin tu toucheras au but_.
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_C. Popilius_, who, as Ignorant as he was, set up for a Lawyer,
being one Day summoned to be a Witness, answered he knew nothing:
_You think, perhaps_, said _Cicero_ to him, _that you are asked
Questions about Law_.
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_C. Popilius_ qui tout ignorant qu’il ètoit s’érigeoit en
Jurisconsulte, ètant un jour appellé en témoignage, répondit qu’il
ne savoit rien: _Vous pensez peut être_, lui dit _Ciceron_, _qu’on
vous Interroge sur des questions de Droit?_
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_Melanthus_, a Parasite of _Alexander_ King of _Pheres_, being
asked how his Master died, made this pleasant Answer: _he died by a
Sword that run through his Thigh, and my Belly at once_.
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_Melanthus_ Parasite d’_Alexandre_, Roy de _Pheres_, interrogé
comment son Maître ètoit Mort, répondit plaisamment: _Il est mort
d’un coup d’Epée qui lui perça la cuisse & mon ventre en même tems._
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_Plato_, said, _that Hopes are the Dreams of those that are awake_.
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_Platon_ disoit, _que les Esperances sont les songes des Personnes
éveillées_.
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As two Men courted _Themistocles’s_ Daughter in Marriage, one of
which was a Fool, but rich, the other Poor, but wise and honest;
he chose this last for his Son-in-law, and answered to those who
wondred at it: _I esteem more a Man without Riches, than Riches
without a Man_.
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De deux hommes qui recherchoient la Fille de _Themistocles_, l’un
sot, mais riche: l’autre pauvre, mais sage & honnête homme, il prit
ce dernier pour son gendre, & répondit à ceux qui s’en ètonnoient:
_J’aime mieux un Homme sans richesses, que des richesses sans
Homme._
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