The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-05-06
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The greatest friend of truth is time, her
greatest enemy is prejudice, and her con-
slant companion is humility.
There arc prating coXcombs in the world
who would rather talk than listen, although
Shakespeare himself were the orator and
human nature the theme,
Ignorance sees no difficulty; imperfect
knowledge describes them perfect knowl-
edge overcomes them
TO stand well with ones self it is neces-
sary to have good conscience.
Conscience is a faithful mirror; deGormed
faces do not love the reflection of their
looking-glasses.
T1 feel neither hatred, nor jealousy, nor
the Just of revenge, is to prove our superb
ori.y over human nature.
The man, who in all his actions pursues
the public good, does not stop to avenge
himself of the wicked who persecute him,
and sees with pleasure superior talents adj
vancing before him towards the same object.
The misfortunes which afflict men are
greater in imagination than in reality.
Evil is calculated from the privation of
usual enjoyments and the Inconvenience
which follow them! The mind of the
philosopher presently forgets the first, and
soon becomes reconciled to the CONSEQUENT
ces.
Notwithstanding the difference of estate
and qdality among men, there is such
general mixture of good and evil, that, in
the main, happiness is pretty equally dis
tributed in the world. The rich are as Of
ten unhappy as the poor, as repletion is
more dangerous than appetite.
Revenge, speaking botanically, may be
termed aCiLd justice, and ought to be rooted
out, as choaking up the true plant. A first
wrong does but offend the law, but revenge
puts the law out of office. Surely, when
government is once established, revehge be-
longs only to the law.
Man is not more superior to brute, than
one man is TO another by the mere force of
wisdom. Wisdom is the sole DESTROYER of
equality, the fountain of honor, and the on
ly mark by which one man, for ten minutes
together, can be known from another.
Were men always skilful, they would nev-
er use craft or treachery. That men are
SO cunning, arises from the littleness of
their minds, which, if it can conceal itself
in one place, quickly discovers itself iii a.
mother.
Cunning men, like ugglers, are only
versed in two or three little tricks, while
wisdom excels in the whole circle of ac-
tion.
Meelness needs no praise; meellness is
the moral paradise; the only cement to the
faults and errors of humanity. What can
we do without bearing with one another?
Authors ought not to regard mean unqual-
flied abuse. We cannot say of garrison
ed town, that it is taken, merely because
the enemy have thrown filth upon the walls.
An honest haughtincss of mind, which
scorns to stoop below the dignity of human
nature, is the spring of honest and honora-
bic undertakings; it is what the old moralist
meant by arcvercnce for ourselves; rewards
and punishments being only the crutches
which men have found out to support vir-
tue, where this noble temper of mind is
wanting.
The same pride which makes us despise
the poor, makes us too submissive to the
wealthy. 1t is founded upon the over val
uation of riches. true value of merit,
makes rs despise the vicious, and highly
esteem the yirtuous.
He who is veXed at a reproach, may be
assured that he would be very proud if COM
mended
We ought not to trust the judgement of
others concerning ourselves; for most peo-
pie who judge a man, take very little trou-
BILE in examining him, and depend entirely
on outward appearances. Few physicians
will pretend to know exactly a patients
case, merely by looking at him.
One opinion on hypocrisy is, that the
hypocrite hurts nobody but himself; the lib
ertine, the whole society. Hypocrisy is
more modest way of SHINING; ii is a sort of
homage paid to virtue. Another opinion is,
that the hypocrite, by passing for what he
is not, deceives many; the libertine appear
ing in his proper colours, hurts society less.
| would lean to the former of these opinions;
all the deceptions of hypocrisy can hurt
mans pocket only; the practices of the lib
ertine are infectious, and render society inn
moral.
Universal consent is not always sufIi-
cient reason to found our belief upon.
There was a time when all the world, ex-