Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-06
WORDS THAT WILL ENDURE.
.Whiis There's Life There's Hope"
Was Written by Cicero, and Cynical
Old pioasnss Il Was Who Told the
World "Habit 10 Second Nature"

| made use Of the expression, WINE
there's life there's hope" In 4 letter he
wrote to Atticus. I'VE are in the same
boat Is not modern slang, but occurs
in a letter written by Clement l.. bish-
0p of Rome, to the Church of Corinth
In the first century. This letter Is ex-
Z tant and is one of the priced docu-
ments Of the early church. n. il
II never put off till tomorrow what
I can do today" was Lord Chester
fields explanation Of how he managed
to do SO much work. whatever is
worth doing at all Is worth doing well'
he wrote later in the famous letters to
his son.
In some Of the expressions we use
habitually may be crystallized an
epoch of history. Such is the motto OF
the Order Of the Garter. "Honi soft qui
NAL y pense" cshamed be he who.
thinks evil Of it"). which was given by
Edward III. Of England. Wishing to
draw the best soldiers in the world to
him, he proposed a revival Of the round
table of King Arthur, holding a tour
nament at Windsor castle on New
Years day. 1914. After the contest of
arms the guests were entertained at
his expense at a round table. Philip,
king of France, was Jealous over the
interest this aroused and forbade his
subjects to attend. at the same time
disappearing Edwards motives.
Several years later. when Edward
founded the Order of the Garter. he
chose a motto that seemed to chal-
lengge his rival monarch to think wrong
Of it IL he dared.
Later English history has not been
laggard In increasing the supply, Of apt
remarks that have grown into EVERY
day sayings. Lord Eldon. lord chan.
cellor Of England during the irst TWEEN
ty.six years Of the nineteenth century,
continually rnispronounced the name
Of Henry Brougham, afterward totbe
a successor in the chancellor's office.
Brougham objected to be called Brof-
am, and in this regard Eldon was the
chief offender. Once, after Brougham
had made an excellent speech. Eld0n
by way Of apology pronounced his
name correctly and made a proverb.
New brooms sweep clean"
The same expression occurs fire.
quently to different people who could
have no knowledge that their thought
had been given utterance before. mo
man is a hero to his valet" has been
paraphrased by scores, from Nine. du
Cornuel, q witty Frenchwoman of the
seventeenth century, to DR.. johnson
and Napoleon. The first record of 1t,
however. Is found in Plutarch, who
states that when Hermodotus address.
ed a poem to Antigonous l., king OF
sparta. mailing him as son Of the sun
and a god. the monarch replied. my
body servant sings me no such song"
1t was Diogenes, the cynic. who de.
clared that habit is second nature"
The phrase circumstances over which
be has no control was used by the
Duke Of Wellington in a letter con-
corning some affairs in WHICH his son
was mixed up and with which he de.
clined to interfere. Dickens also used
the expression a few years later when
be had Micawber write to David Cop
perfield, circumstances beyond my insl
dlvidual CONTROL etc.
"Conspien0us by their absence" has
been used on many occasions in mod.
,ern oratory3 It was first used by;
Tacitus In relating that in the funeral
procession of Julia. niece Of Cato. sis.
ter Of Brutus. wife Of Cassius. many
Of the Images OF the most famous
families IN Rome were seen, but Gas,
sins and Brutus shone pre-eminent be-
cause their images were not dis.
played"
Nothing is certain but death and
taxes" wrote Benjamin.. Franklin. stat
ing that the constitution OF the United
States was in operation and to oil ap-
penrances would: last.
Those who live in glass houses
should not throw stones was said By
James LOT England when rs favor
tie. the Dixie Of Buckingham. com
plained that a mob had broken his
glass windows. which were at that
time a luxury.
MIND your p's and as is said to
have been taken from an old French
PHRASE at the time of Louis XIV. A
very1low bow was in fashion, and the
dancing master In i%nstructing his pu-
pills would warn them to look out for
the position Of the feet and the move
ment Of the head lest their u wigs
be %disarranged. The French word for
foot Is pied. mind your pieds and
queues" soon came to be transplanted
into English and abbreviated.
Wallace Irwin one complained that
when he had been invited to be funny
at q banquet his real gems Of wit were
addressed to the back Of bis chauffeur
gu the way home. But what's the dit.
terence: According to the Latin poet,
upheld BY modern Investigation, every.
tlngs1oufe6uh possibly say has been
said bef0re.-Anna Bird Stewart in
Mipneapolis journal.
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