The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English;: or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern — John Shaqi
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
_Denys_ voyant que son Fils avoit amassé une grande quantité de
Vases d’Or & d’Argent des dons qu’il lui avoit fait, il lui dit,
_je ne connois point en toi une Ame Royale, puis que tu as negligé
de te faire des amis par la distribution de ces Richesses_.
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The same _Dionysius_ asked _Diogenes_ what Brass he should take to
make himself a Statue: _Take that_, answered he, _of the Statues
of_ Harmodius _and_ Aristogiton. These were two famous Murderers of
Tyrants, to whom Statues had been erected.
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Le même _Denys_ demanda à _Diogene_ quel Cuivre il prendroit pour
se faire une Statuë: _Prenez_, lui répondit-il, _celui des Statuës_
d’Harmodius & d’Aristogiton. C’ètoient deux fameux tueurs de Tyrans
à qui on avoit dressé des Statues.
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An old Soldier having a Sute at Law depending, desired the Emperour
_Augustus_ to come and support him with his Interest: This Prince
gave him one of his Attendance to take care of his Business;
whereupon the Soldier was so bold as to tell him: _Sir, I did not
use you the same way; for when you was in danger at the Battel of_
Actium, _I my self fought for you without a Deputy_.
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Un ancien Soldat ayant un procez à soûtenir, pria l’Empereur
_Auguste_ de le venir secourir de son credit. Ce Prince lui donna
un de ceux qui l’accompagnoient pour avoir soin de son affaire; là
dessus le Soldat fut assez osé pour lui dire: _Seigneur, je n’en ai
pas usé de la sorte à vôtre égard: quand vous ètiez en danger dans
la Bataille d’_Actium, _moi-même, sans chercher de Substitut, j’ay
combatu pour vous_.
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The Poet _Simonides_ asked of _Themistocles_ something contrary to
the Laws; he dismist him with these Words: _If in thy Poems thou
shouldest make Verses without Measures, wouldest thou be accounted
a good Poet? And if I should do Things contrary to the Constitution
of the Laws, should I be accounted a good Prince?_
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Le Poëte _Simonide_ demandant à _Themistocle_ quelque chose de
contraire aux Loix, il le renvoya avec ce Mot: _si dans tes Poemes
tu faisois des Vers contre la mesure, passerois tu pour un bon
Poëte? Et si je faisois des choses contraires à la disposition des
Loix, devroit on m’estimer un bon Prince?_
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The Ambassadours the _Athenians_ had sent to _Philip_, being
returned to _Athens_, commended that Prince for his Beauty and
Eloquence, and his being able to drink much: _These Commendations_,
said _Demosthenes, are little worthy of a King; the first of those
advantages is proper to Women, the second to Rhetoricians, and the
third to Spunges_.
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