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MiscEuANpus;TH(aGa rs
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"SY'MoKTElsi
1Tb taVefdslVnt in frifadrnjT. Is tolsave the
payer of chan-ng jtljo 1 inom;enrs 'cf ldi
tixie tha- vifite every ma,., ffcr the rciolt
icidus feidfhnh bjr jife. 1 " " 4"." T
jlV Hat an anffortnate 'ftcVcTi - h IF tn
the conftitutica of map, thar hi.'.uniderffand-
ihti fcarrtly -a!6tured when thcl organs'of
body, begih; to il ! I K j ;
-A ctlcbrawd phyciah "ton jaJked-s-if the
commerce ; of the ..'ftxes was prejudicial to
tfc not ufed But i Ihould -riiipk'.virieiy'a
1 mbnglprovocativrs.
jt is a prpot inac iiierir ,is ers ne nigneii
fcnA, vhrft It.'contitmes tolfiiini With iccuf.
tb7rtediIfcraiTli'ouh merit of aVTirgh a
fink U iri its priiente. l.Vfr
1 Ileal genius. a fccr'rt eift.cfj the Deity,
nhiich the ptifFeflor difplays u'ckaowh to 1 hiih-
He : -lio runs after wit is apt to ehbrace
- Jjonce fa a to Madirrir dif Charelet -
du ixftpbne ybi flecji.'- tp le-id ' the'
philo foph t r t ; , yo u ' H i i id rft 2d f h e ph iol o
jyhels to haftetry,ur iiioiiihers.M
Hope is tne nni; tnat unires ail our plea.
Iie Ii6 underltands tneir tle ii . ixe one
wun. iopc ariui t 1 mora ODjeas vrun
in i rea . 'I - K xl 'fv r t ; '
: Men 'arc two fOrrs i' thofe 0 A ink,
and thof Who amtffe'ihenifel es, :" 1
, A fine aaioh isl'oiie that is heneiial to'
man; and wliofe liCcompliihmcjits 1 equire ta- ,
ThelroiHinon 'people have:xiexa!ly 6
ihttntidnt and vic'ous manner!. I
H florietrC rbrnancei (ouided on Tas.
A worlv .givei celebrity to. I man n
aftI aficrt that his name gfvsj celebrity
works.
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line interval mis too ir.ort bet Weil
f 'Our feeing tod yoig and; tool bh.
. -it demanus a vjreai ideal ot itudy to
(Juire moderate k no wit dire. j
' Ofvrhufe ho makeicoii''pfnibn$
fervours, I have only to lay thit vice ia ii s
&en of. talents govern fooltf; 2hd jome
fool icr other of(eh governs a ijiin oj ents
When 1 reflect onjour ncs in nai
tcra philofohy,' I think ve.Kae gone ve,
fy. far for human herngs. j o;'.: '
)idjenf'fs p)uht 'toi be .rar.ke4 among the
$unihments of Hell ;2nd molllpeopie place
it an ong tlie jfys t)f heaven. j j 1 -
Oh frrencli that ,'arfcj tyrannical thb ufef
has
time
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of th;ir
It is a nice tblnt ro.knbw yhen to qmtMa
cbmnany : an accuratfe knofledot of the
uorld. giyes readinef in pcrcrivinor it.
isravery ana a love or gioryart .oeciining
ahlbiigft 6s ; it is of fitte moment; to Joui.'
happineifs ; to be long to one mafter or to ano
ther ; but formerly, defeat in the fie'dj .or
the redu'dl on oT a Ifnan5 ibuntry, waf tHe
lo(s of alt that was' dear to him, his country j
family snd frierds, I ' , ? ,
We fliall never arrive at principles in; fi
nance, hecaufe we never Ichow tr'oie than
that we do iomething, ajr.d never know what;
it is.we do. ; : . ' ;.( ': . .-
We do not now call a minificr great, 'wperi
he is' an inttlligcnt admhiiftrator of pub..c
revenue, but when, he is: festile irt expedi
ents to incitafe the revenue and incefatiga
b'e in rheir application.' ' i -
People Joye thtir grand children bester
than thejf thildren, and" it is becaufe mey
can tilirnate- to!rrab'y well the wor'h of j the
latter, butt their linowlede of- the former
hei ug lets per feet , tj c yli fl m e r t h enj ft W e t
with'.'vairi hopes FtMXtfng 'the ni. ' ,r-p.
The realbn why -fopH fb often fticcetd in
their plans is, that never diflrufl'mg thpm
felvrs, they a. ways.perlcvere. It is worHhy
to be bbierved, that the greater' art of lour
pleofurer are unreafonable. " '. - - -Vi
'Old men, in ho have fludied in' youth,
need only to refort to the memory for p ea
fure or ofe, w hen other are cbheed to be
gin to lludy. . . I X,
Metir is ? confolatioh i-h' every 4aifii''clii6n,
1-'A: figur'ativt - ft items' fo far from j diiHcph,'
that a natiwn emergirg from ignorance hrli
In the whole ccmrfe oYmy Ifff I hevf '
faw any )cHons univcrialfy keep bad compa-;
oy. , K ' ; -r::X " -i
Experiments mafke tne hiflcry, of phyfiti- -arts,
and theories its fables. , I f ;-L
; Every j nation and every man cnght to be
civilised but every nationfand man ouht
alfo to b.e free . : f . 1 ' y . , '.
Modefty becomes evtiry one but tno
we' fi)6uld g?ve it a place in our minds, we "
fhould keep it in fubjedion,to greater
litres.' . V ' ' J , -
3.c ngu!3lV if you ..trill j bii let it be 'W;
tlfe .tlevation your jthoughts5. He thaV
can' diftingtjrih himftlf noothexwife ihan by
Kf tlrefs is a difpicibtc creature :ievtfjr4
country.!! J ; " ;t : . ii A, ".r ;"
one iaB th -euribtlty to keep an ?:
ioont;of hs Vnumberti.cs; 1 barjd :o..' .
ry repeated thav , never deferyed to , hv j f
been related durlt g three ' wVeks that it
ofCUDtedlthe 'ooHtet'WolId ' I heard it tpld t
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which
that
no one tin
two hbrdred and riven ty 'five i
I thought quite Tufncient
Modtly is a fpccievpf vfunc
its owner great 'ifrtereft.
I vifited the gallics and faw
happy face ; here I fee many, unhappy fa ;
cies, . whofe owners are; fet k ii' to be hapjpy .
.n the pUrfuit of blue ribbands. . ". J
1 his is a fine fayitg ' of bteca V Sici
praefeniibus u'aris vofuptatibuj,. ut futuriil
.lion noctas.,,4r4' ;..roy7!hefcr;efehXhotir'.,
fo as rot
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w hole of;
to irjurcithofV thatifpUaw'
is 5n error' which riervades fhei
i he, Crek oliyUlpphyf ; iiv nhVius'
morals,1 and m taphyflrfc were Hicbj:'cctybr
wat t of the d ftn.c"t on between ptifjt.ve atidt
relative cjuiijii t j nu5 'Arutotie tattr n tq
'm:ti.kt5, fpesKirof tne heat land the Vo'tf;
ar.
fo to us, thv abler 7at:cn i.' that love
cfcmpnfarions'wnich fV'rtndfhip has nbt. '
j4' Ordinary graces lof.Nft of their beauty
a .1- . . ;i 1 1. l . . . . - w 1
By JJdmg4e t iivcoinpet.it ion with eacn other : j erhploy the figura'ive and fwtilirP llylir', &
graces of tns'.highelt. ranV actfutre'a brigh- f afterwardsacquirc the Timpie. :
Ut luftrt when, cppbfep to aach.other. :i A
lato. at.d Socrates.' of The beaiiiifhL
the gond the gVear ar d' the perfecl Ir S"
a '-grea't tlifcbvery, that there are rb pbfitivt
qualities, j.- The ' ;rer in'sj:. , heauiftil, got id,
g'eat, are attributsi bf oriels' rlat;veV
oh y toT the beings) thaij conterHplate ihero..
be- Thife principle s a fpbnge to wipe aw; "y ai-
1 mou every, prrjuQice. j 4 ne? Idlilogut ot
I Plato are a tilTue oribnnifms "JrcvV tfirbik
lainakbVfrom the
? 'M6li' virtues are relative to' 'individuals,
kr to parts xf ; fuch : i fe frienT; IbW of
trie's.; -country, compiToii. ' But -inflice is
tcrfers: with f hat, it is
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ann uuir !inv tn-
vice, thou iili; ranked
tmong ths virtues.','. H J ; : 1 ' '
r The fuccefs'of tnclt entcrnrizes depends
port,Knowiog how- hiuch time is necclLny
lo tnir fucceTs. ' r 'ir'"
' jqatj ought nbt be attempted bv-tne laws
which' can befTeclect
Ciahtten of a peop(e.
the cufloms and
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I hive renatfced rhar, to fucceed in the
"World on emu ft have
fubtle head.
Orfe
a vacant air with
's drrfs fliopld be a little inferior
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i oufaoer de&rovs one half of iJans- and
dinner the?' -other.- ! ' i" I
I hate VerfaTUcsl beraufe everv
little and Wan :here :! bu t Paris i IbveJ for
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tlltre. one finds great inen.
j we were content to be hifepy that
"p nrroe Oinicuit;
to D8 nir re h ap nv than1
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to
The dilEcul-
ty of hmplitity is'; thatVit J borders 'bn( th
rliaii, aithbugh in itfe If. 2ioil ' expehfivc' anrf
beautiful ; . 'while thfie js a, wide tliftan'cc
noranredf. this printipJe, j alebfanche
comtniitefl a thouland
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between a figurative llyle and. h mbair.f I
- Thee is very, littje .vanity in 'ftrlng a'ne
trflity for rank or important ftatioh to at
tra'cl.hotjce ; -. r ; f : . j
' Th! hefblfm that retuib frb'jui'iriOitis
nferefts few ; the heroifm that is rr.bft dif--tiucliveV
is the admiration of the multitude.
' Ariftotfc ind Hbracei have ' t old 6s of the
virtues cf their forefatfters, rari8 .'the'dege-'
nefacy of their oWh lJmeV and autho
from age to ige'i have dope the ame ; but
it they had fpeken the truth', meV at this
day ;w'oulduDerdegenerated into Brutfe i!ii-'
inat..i;v;i.''1- 7"'j7-'
v HaaieVyJ 1 $ picegyrUs '6- ;tne ; JpeakJrs
;r,' it the exbenc bf his humanity. ? )
Pebrilr whofe minds afre never prbfbundly
; bur we arb atmbrtioas
bthfcr site! that is
the He. becitoiV others! annear- rbpha - more
icr 1 bm t n ey ral y. r e ;
occtinied; are generally greai ialkers.;;
Ghfcure people whb - are ambitious -Jo?
making i larpe fortuhei fe cmly pretoarir
for the moment 'when thev will be in del-.
pair for their want of hiahh. ! ' " f
a grejter number of vices ate oecafibnefl
hy our nor fLffjctertty. efieemihff -dtfrfefv.
Fivtf bim;they rabyre. j 4 j j than from a too htgh opitxioh cf bur cic
Scue f'coplehatc difreffiwisi fcutlithinkj 'tiU " ; - " ' ! " : : . v;r :
farhetcaufei ' ; '
:"V Ke ver cli d a philoibpher make men '
perfelly feel the fweejnefi bf virtue, an d
Wr11.' f "r.f .;nV.re,. than Marcus"
Al,Vh, fi00; w.e b"rtf elevates
the mind, enlarges the ifbul.! Vj. r: ; j
j " We touit rad the politics pfi AfllTbtle?,
the t b republics of Plato, . to ha've k ju
idea' of the law .and manners of tHe ancient
0rf K$TJk " ole tenetr'hir.1
tortan, is as fruitleiV ahb locator Fre hi fi
laws and cuftoms ih the hiflbry fet Levi;theV
Fonrteenthi$ wars. J i X y f ' " " !;"-'.v V ; "t
; )The republic of Plato is not more cniths
ri! tf n lthit; cSf Sparta. '
J Tb judge ji.niy of nieny we muft prer
IbokthbprejudiceVbftni V ji "
remedies begin jpy 'de-generate, he
tauTeVoarJwiterVa
culous in the; paTionV,; fwaictu r
lous in : manners ': the paGions,are 'np'tfidi.
;culbus Jtremfci vesi- U)Z;
'J, 1 have ietdbm given . jny. bmbfonof-any.
itoihorK 'but'tnofe imirer hiVihg ar fl-"
'dbirrV as )ofiiblc j ead lany , .authors but the
I ; Yarritiiifm w'nf
hid atfioQ- ttat an ljoneft man fcbuld noc .
find.-5-' k i----- ! 7"Vw' ,
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