The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-11-28
APHoRIsMs OF NAPOLEON.
Triendship is hut a name.

Friendship is but a name.
There is nothing terrible in death.
The only victory over love is flight.
Words pass away but actions remain.
Where flowers degenerate man can
not live.
We should wash our dirty linen at
home.
We must laugh at man to avoid cry
ing for him.
Marriage has always been the conclu-
sion of love.
Better never to have been born than
to live without glory.
| failed; therefore, according to all
Justice, | was wrong.
When man is determined to hold q
place (under government) he has al
ready sold himself to it.
The sight of a battlefield after the
light is enough to inspire princes with a
love of peace and horror of war.
Men of letters are useful men who
should ever be distinguished, as they do
honor to their country.
Disdain hatreds: hear both sides, and
delay Judgment until reason has had
time to resume her sway.
Great men are like meteors, which
shine and consume themselves to en-
tighten the earth.
Historians are like the sheep of Pam
urge-they copy that which their pred
ecessorS have written, so that their
opinions and interest are not opposed
to it, without troubling themselves to
inquire into truth or probabilities
Indecision and anarchy in leaders
lead to weakness and anarchy in results.
Independence, like honor. is a rocky
island without beach.
Uncertainty is painful for all nations
and for all men.
When we have drunk the cup of
pleasure to the dregs, all we want is
rest.
Judgment in extreme cases should be
guided by precedent.
We can only escape the arbritrariness
of the judge by placing ourselves under
the despotism of the law.
To really understand man we must
Judge him in misfortune.
Liberty and equality are magical
words.
The only encouragement for litera-
ture is to give the poet position in the
state.
The praises of an enemy are suspi-
honor until after cessation of hostili-
ties.
We are strong when we have made
up our minds to die.
We walk faster when we walk alone.
Death may expiate faults, but it does
not repair them.
Man is ever ready to forsake the Won
ders which surround him for the won-
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thing about us is wonderful.
We are all destined to die! Can a
few days of life equal the happiness of
dying for ones country?
Misfortunes have their heroism and
their glory.
Death overtakes the coward; but
never the brave man till his hour has
come.
As the basis of our decision for marry
ING woman we should consider her
moral qualifications, such as gentleness,
economy and capacity for the manage
ment of family. These qualities are
the fundamental principles of matri-
mony.
The beauties of the Venus de Medicis
are only secondary qualifications in
marriage.
Pride never listens to the voice of
reason, natureeor religion.
Peace is the first of necessities, and
the first of glories.
"A priest should never throw off his
cassock; he should never for one mo-
ment hide his real character.
The problems of providence are in
solu@
Paradise is central spot, where the
souls of all mankind arrive by different
roads; each sect has its own particular
path.
Wisdom demands forethought.
1t is unjust, odious and impolitic to
punish a son for the faults of his father,
and to deprive him of his Inheritance.