The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-04-20
Curious Sayings of the Ancients.

Plato once said of one Of his pupils
who was always fiattcring him, '.He il
my adjective. He agrees with me in
every ease
Demosthcnes being asked why he was
such Il coward in battle. said. ellis in.
dignation AT fighting was always Sc
strong that his feelings were sure TO run
away with him
Theopompus was asked if he had ever
seen the sun rise. Often" said. the
young spendthrift, Iii lights me every
night to bed.
Zotyrus would say, take my word
for IT.: the man who will not wait upon
himself will ultimately become waiter
upon Others
Cammyses was great drunkard, but
he was always ashamed of it, He never
drank. he said, excepting to forget he
had been drinking.
Ephemcrides. hearing one Paganenes
very much extollcd because he played
much better upon one string of the harp
than most musicians did upon seven,
said, III ne plays SO wen upon uIIc
string. how much better, thcn, would I,o
play upon none!'
Socrates being asked by u foolish fel-
low how far II wOman's influence ex-
tended, replied. "As far as her tongue. :"
meaning that there was no end to ii.
Socrates was wont to say, 1.-The
greatest revenge wish my worst enemy
is To marry.
Somebody was reproaching Aris-
lupus for going about with so many at
PENDANTS. Now, don't be alarmed
they serve me all for nothing" said
Aristippus. ut is little kindness for
which am indebted to my creditors. "
Sycophantcs was saying to Alexander
that Il good beginning was half the bat
tie. IL cannot tell, said the proud son
of Philip; "when / fight never do
things by halves"
A young man said to Sophocles, "If
you could coin all the silver in my hair,
how rich, old man, you would be!'
mot half SO rich as you would be,
young man." answered Sophocles, IF
you could only sell all the brass in your
face"
IL was ChilO, one OF the seven wise
men, who said, "A divorce should be
granted in all eases where a wife has u
mother-in-law.'
Flaminius being accused of buying q
handsome villa with the public spoils,
Indignantly exclaimed, ''Well, suppos-
ing / did, isn't it the first duty of q
general, let me, ask, to make good his
retreatp"
Obilius and Minutius the Younger had
quarrelled. The great Obilius WAS
asked upon what terms they met.
why" he said, 1--WE are something like
a pair of scissors. We meet, look ex-
ceedingly sharp, but pass without cut
ting one another
A foolish fellow was Boosting before
Cicero of what his ancestors had done
for Rome. You need not remind u.s."
said the orator, THAT the geese once
saved the capitol"
Artaxerxes was very cOrpulent. He
would. in II jocund humor say, Il am
true king; | enlarge my possessions
every day
Some one prophesied of Ovid that
Ibis nose was so long that it would be
sure to reach posterity.'
Philip said of the Thebans, They are
like blue-bottles. They would sooner
knock their heads against the window
than come in at the door"
Cato said Of glutton, THAT blades
stomach is like carpet bag. 1t is never
SO full but that he can stuff something
more into it,"
Crispus hearing his master in q pas
sion ask another servant, who, being
drunk, was lying out in the sun. What
he was doing there?' answered, .'IIe's
taking the chill oil the wine, sir"
The taN-gatherer called upon Figulus,
a brave soldier, for one quarter due.
.'Go,' he said; Caesars soldiers are
wont to take, but never to give quarter"
and he kicked him out.
Young Bibulus, Il great spendthrift,
was given certain sum of money by
his father, who counseled him to seek
out his creditors and pay them to man.
"Pay! my dear father" said the young
scape-grace, ''let one be unpaid, SO that
he may make noise and tell the town
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