New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-28
TIE SAYINGS or GRLATPEOPLE.

from me cl'ftdtWs
George His sayings are. Ike his own image
stamped on copper, poor IN expression, tut very
strongly stamped IL WAS ne Same Win hadame
de iompaduuIs celebrated express on OF Reckless
ness Apres nous, lie deiuge.' saying which Las
become paIt O his! Org partly from IT'S Truth partly
from lis ' Iyii exrrrssIon of The seshness and
h ssuees winch made 1t historical. And D; II tbis
qualify OF personal eSpressiveDess wblrh. when tue
character stampeu not poor. but has aus tnISg
magnificent Ur nObs IN u, that uiakrs great say
itg take rank with great deed. LOUIS AlF's
declaration On his death bed 10 Madame dc MALI
tenun, =" imagined IT more dIihcult "a de- as
though his departure ~ least mast have involved
con ulsIou oil nature and INT grand aiewell to
power, when he returned, dying. ltom batb' toid
up tie nap of Europe are excellent 81 ec.mens OIL
tito sort sayings which, though con aiming no
tbougnt al all, nothing but great conscoEsnesS or
pDwer, yut Impress more than the most vivid
W is,l0m the most poignant wit. Ibis ~ why
dignity tells Tor much n saying al this kind
fUr mucn more indeed. than even truth. Bnrkes
grand sentences on tue hustiIgs. wien referring 10
the doath oi aiUiheI candidate: what shade rs
we are, anu what shadows WE pursueW makes an
even gnater IMPRESSION on the imagination
than tho other senten"e' do not know
how to diaw up au indictment against b
whole people, not because ~ embLdles
half the political Wisdom Il the second sentence.
bat be il recalls Burke aud ssoarlng InagIha
ton more iui pressiveiy Ia the mlnd Even LOtd
Oh, sterelj, wuh all his tninness ana SUPERFICIAL
uy, makes hIs mark .poD US directly he begins 10
deliueatc himself There ~ "A certain dlgnlty 10
be kept up IN pleasures. well as III business, and
knowledge may give weight. but nc, onp lshInents
give iusIrc, ana many more Ueople SEQ than weigh.
10
entity aDAIOus about appearances, that ihey M
press almost as much a. one OF Dr. johnSOns
viz ID self POI tralIn OF much nober KIND IN
deed they impress us not obiy Utmost as nbch, oub
for nearly The same reason, that by imaWng inc
man who lived III Appearances. they tbi"" up III
strong relief on our minus Cue reco lection oi men
10 whom mere appearan' cs NeIe naugnt.
Savings however excellent, which no not convey
IN them any seli-p, rtralture are seldom VVdy as.
sucIatsd " ith their tue authors HoW many OF
our readers will remember WHO II was that SAID,
Nothing lsteItiIn but d.atL aud iaAes o., -" We
must all hang Iogci her else We shall all hang sep
ataiely," or even. IL Is better tO wear out IMAM
run OUT which last does represent The energy 81
certain kind of temperament but energy 80 cOmlnon
tin1 II marks rather . class than an ind vdual.
BENJAMIN frauAilu said the two hTst say mas. aud
Bishop Cumberland tie last, bui We should I've sur
prlsed to ind anyone in company OF III taiy men
VINO could have pronounced on the SPOT To whom
any one OF the three was 10 be atirIbuted. On lhe
other hand. seldom misapptOprlate sayings eUn'
tanning much less tnat II Is worth whue 10 re-
member, ii only they wildly portray n mrmOIa able
ugnre, like Frederick the Greats indignant,
" Wolff Ihr nmer ieben :" (" Do sou fellows want
10 live forever ~ Wien his soldiers showed some
Discrimination to being shot down. or Oahbettas
prremptory, Ii faudra on So sUumettte 0u Sc dc.
METRE OF Marshal MacMahon's "Goyeinment OF
Combat" Thus, the most Impressive oil al say ings
are PROBABLY those oil gIe1t rulers wDo con'i'.e" "
emtOd, the profound confidence they lc't tnata
lite Of command was before ihem III rev we'gnV
words Julius Cn,ars YEN. T,d for ts, Io.,of
hi, Doaf Wbat dost thou fear, when CWsar IL on
board I" or his disds uiul apology Tor al unjust
divorce. "C9karS Hlit ouBHt " pO NY w"
si.'o - are likely TO be in every ones month as
long ma the world lasts And so. perhaps, ~ Napo-
isons 81 succeeded not Louis XIV, but Charlie
,navu,p and the same great mans remark, lmag-
in zion rules the world" and. ought to have
aied at " aterloo
But the most influential of all great sayings are
those which combine great force and weight OF
character with u precept express OF implied Thus,
Cavour's remarkable prophecy. written seven-and-
twenty years before its tnnment. In my dreams,
see ms self already Minister OF the Kingdom OF
taly"-the most impressive Of all prrcepts TO have
aith in great national cravings--oi, again. MS OK,
pa essive saying la politics. nothing Is so absurd
Dne can govern with state Of SIEGE" will do more
% keep Italy united. 10 keep her governments
eains OF argument from men lees memorable and
ess potont. ~f-t 80 80