The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-10-16
APOTHEGMs.

1t is Of little consequence by what name you
call the first Nature, the divine Reason that pre-.
sides over the universe and fills all parts of It
He is still the same God.-[seneca.
If we traverse the world, 1t is possible 10 fnd
cities without walls without letters, without
schools and theaters; but city without tenn.
pie, or that practiseth not worship, prayers, and
the like, no one ever saw,-[Plutarch
The temple frequent ls the turquoise dome OF
the sky. 1 sell my rosary and all the holy names
around it for that wine which fills creations cup.
1 have turned the prayers Of the piOus to happy
songs. The earth is all enchanted ground Thine
il is, thou Supreme Wisdom, with its light and
shadow, Its ebb and fow.-[omar Khayyam.
If man foOlishly does me wrong l will re-
turn to him the protection of my ungTudging
love. The more evil comes from him the more
good shall go from me. Overcome anger by love;
overcome good by liberality; overcome false.
hood by TRUTH overcome evil by good, Hatred
never ceases by hatred, but by love; this is an
old rule Bud dha.
The prayer of Socrates: o, beloved Pan, and
all ye other gods of this place, grant me to be.
come beautiful in the inner man, and that what
ever outward things l have may be at peace
with those within. May | deem the wise man
rich and may have such portion of gold as
none but q prudent man can either bear or EN-
ploy. Do we need any hing else Phaedrus2 for
myself l have prayed enough.-[Plato (Phae
drus)
In whom there is truth and righteousness, he
is the true man. He who is free from anger,
duHiul, virtuOus. without weakness and dsubdued;
he who utters true speech instructive and free
from hardness, so that he offends no one him l
call indeed man. He whose knowledge is
deep, who possesses wisdom, who knows the
right way; he who is tolerant with the intoerant,
mild with fsulthnders, free from passion among
the passionate, him call a man, [Dhamma.
pada (Buddhist)
This little life boat Of an earth, with lis noisy
crew Of mankind and all their troubled histo.
ry, will one day have vanished; faded like a
cloud speak from the azure Of the sky. What
then is man he endures but for an hour. and
is crushed before the moth. Yet In the begin.
ming and In the working Of faithful man is
there already (as all faith, from the beginning
gives assuranCe) something that pertains not
this death element Of Time that tIumps over
time, and iS and will be, Whea time shall be no
more.-LThOmas Carlyle
When I consider thy heavens, the work Of thy
hands,
The moon and the stars which thou hast or.
dsined,
What is man that thou art mindful Of him,
And the son Of man that thou Carest for him
Yet thou hast made him little lower than God
Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.
Thou hast given him dominion over the works
OF thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet
Hebrew Psalm.
Be not pufed up at any time, Turn over thy
books again. Judge Justly, Forbear bad Ian
guage. Overcome ting parents with forbearance
Cast not of an inferior. Throw not thyself head
long into danger. Love thy friends things ant
preserve them as If they we're thine own. d.
not to another man that whiCn thou hatest
Threaten no one, for that is womanish thing
Go sooner to thy friends that are in misery thar
to them that are in prosperity. A stone is the
tree Of gold and gold OF men. liar depravett
his life with SANDER. Whosoever is discreet ant
wise hateth liars. Have care Of thy house
Instruct children that are most dear to thee. d.
good to good men. Throw away suspicion. Re
member courtesy received. Do not covet othe
mems things, Nothing is more precious than {
voW.--[CleObulus OF Lindus.