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A Rich Man of _Athens_ desired the Philosopher _Aristippus_ to tell him how much he must give him to instruct his Son: _Aristippus_ ask’d him a Thousand Drachms. How! said the _Athenian_, I could purchase a Slave for that Money: _Do so_, answer’d _Aristipus_, _and thou shalt have two_; giving him to understand, that his Son would have the Vices of a Slave, if he did not bestow a liberal Education upon him.
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Un Riche _Athenien_ pria le Philosophe _Aristippe_ de lui dire ce qu’il desiroit pour instruire son Fils: _Aristippe_ lui demanda mille Drachmes. Comment, dit l’_Athenien_, j’acheterois un Esclave de cét Argent là; _Achetes en un_, lui répondit _Aristippe_, _& tu en auras deux_; lui faisant entendre que son Fils auroit les defauts d’un Esclave, s’il ne faisoit pas la depense nécessaire pour le bien élever.
The famous Philosopher _Anacharsis_ was a _Scythian_ by Birth and a _Grecian_ who had no other Merit than that of being born in _Greece_, looking upon him with Envy, reproached him with the Barbarousness of his Country; _I confess_, reply’d _Anacharsis_, _that my Country is a Shame to me; but thou art the Shame of thy Country._ This Saying may be very well applied to those shallow Wits who despise Strangers, meerly because they are Strangers; not considering that Learning, Wit and Merit, are of all Countries.
Le fameux Philosophe _Anacharsis_ ètoit _Scythe_, & un _Grec_ qui n’avoit d’autre Merite que d’être né en _Grece_, le regardant avec envie, lui reprochoit la barbarie de son Païs: _J’avouë_, lui repliqua _Anacharsis_, _que mon Pays me fait honte, mais tu fais honte à ton Pays._ Ce mot peut être fort bien appliqué à ces petits Esprits qui méprisent les Etrangers seulement parce qu’ils sont Etrangers, sans considerer que le Sçavoir, l’Esprit & le Merite sont de tout Pays.
When _Theopompus_ was King of _Sparta_, one was saying in his Presence, that it now went well with their City, because their King had learn’d how to Govern: To which the King very prudently Replied, _That it rather came to pass, because their People had learn’d to Obey_; intimating that Popular Cities are most injurious to themselves, by their factious Disobedience; which while they are addicted to, they are not easily well governed by the best of Magistrates.