Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-09-14
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ApHoRIsMs.
Life is picture; fortune the frame,
but misfortune the shade. The first only
is intrinsic ornament, but the latter, If
we'll sustained, forms the intrinsic merit
by giving bolder relief to the figures.
We frequently fall into error and folly,
not because the true principles are not
known, bat because, fox time, they are
not remembered: he may therefore Justly
be numbered among the benefaefors CT
mankind, who contracts the great rules OF
life into short sentiments that may easily
be impressed on the memory, and taught
by frequent recollection to recur habilu-
ally to the mind.
" Books says Bacon, !" can never
teach the use OF books" The student
must learn by commerce with mankind to
reduce his speculatlons to practice, and to
accommodate his knowledge TO the parpo-
ses fife,
The malicious censures OF our enemies,
if we make RICH. use OF them, may prove
ofgreater advantage to US, than The civil
Iities Of our best friends.
Notwithstanding the laboured deGni-
t;ons which philosophers have given us OF
the inherent beauty ofvlrtue, we are al,
ways inclined to think her handsomest,
when she coadescends to smile upon our
selves.
Envy is not annexed to great talents,
while they languisl ID in2igence it
follows them veiy closely, witen fortune
does them justice.
To neglect, ar any time Preparations
fof death IS TO sleep Oh OR pcs5 at a serge
but to omit It ID I'D age, is 10 sleep up-
on All attack,
A writer in the Lftc56s1 Moaitor, IN
der the fguature of Afasabal, after hay
iag delc BED in feres Of we'll written
elays, the means which Ms. |eHelion
employed TO obtain ard shc manner IN
which he has Gacc exescifed, the power
with which he Is at pieient voted, cen
eludes his laif number as follows -
q Thefe events remind nc Of the aabu-
Ious tiaory Of the tyrant Of Sanos, where
it is recorded, " That Lyfas made great
precautions 60 philanthropy ; he fejgned an
anbounded love for the people ne ex-
tied jealouiiss among them BY the NEAR
cit practices, often employing the sllsR
Ganderers, Pilidas and Lucons 70 blaclen
she reputation Of Datis, the then cllief ma,
citrate Of the illaad who has heen lssett-
ed by the people, Tor his WILTON, and the
neritorious Geryices which he had rendered
| to the republic and as is commonly the
caf,. snaiority Of tie people were de-
ceived Datis was rejsaed, and Lyiias
was ehofen chief msgiRsase. His GO
vernment was weak and tinid, Agatha
cIes the tyrant of Sicily, looking en- this
as favorable tine, threatened Samos
with an if,vafion.
6 Lysias, instead of preparing to de-
fend his country against the violence of
the tyrant, prevailed upon the assembly Of
Samos to entrust to his hands prodigi-
GUS sum Of public money, for the pur
pose Of purchasing an ignomlnlous peace.
As Lysias was in the opinion OF ma-
lority of the assembly, most immaculate,
most benevolent ray some OF them
ranked him among their Gods, and paid
divine honors to him they readily COM
piled with his request" Attend, my
countrymen, to the seqoel. :" Ihls same
Lysias felt no obligation of conscience
upon him, for he despised the Gods OF his
country. He employed this money SO en-.
trusted to his hands, for the purpose OF
corrupting all the unpr'neipled OF his
,ubjetts, and having brought over many
! to his views by bribery, he seized favor.