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speak ill or well of me as I please . " —Another time the friends of th « same ^ king advised him to punish witli death , or banish a certain Macedonian , " who was constantly reviling him : the king would not hear of it , saying that the fact was not sufficient to merit death , and , as to banishment , it was much better to keep him at home , where he was known for a liar , than to send him among strangers , where his falsehood might gain
credit to the prejudice of the ' king ' s reputation . —A private spldier , in the army of Darius against Alexander , and commanded by the renowned Memnon , presented himself one day before their chief , and spoke spme veryinjurious words against the reputation of the Macedonian king : the governor struck him over the head with a lance he had in his hand , saying , " I pay you for fighting , and not for speaking iii of Alexander . "—Two soldiers , wandering a little too near the pavilion of king Autigouus , were slandering the king in a very bold manner : the monarch overhearing the whole , without the least emotion of anger , cameto his tent door , saying , Go
farther off , without you choose , to be punished for your insolence—tfhiltp the second , king of Spain , would never hear any body ill-spoken of iu his presence , because , said he , there is no man , however good , but who may In time become better , and none so wicked , but what may be worse ; that good men deserved to be rewarded on account of their virtues , and the wicked suffered to speak in regard to the frailty of human nature .. A subof the who had spoken to his majestyand \ yho had
ject same king , never , never incurred his displeasure , had , notwithstanding , the boldness to ' speak ill of him publicly ; he was imprisoned , and his majesty was no sooner informed of his crime , than he ordered him to be set at liberty , without any ' other punishment , than the judgement he gave of him , saying , " Any other than a fool would never have spoken in that manner of one whom - he did not know , and without having received the least offence . " He then
added , " There are no sovereigns whose subjects speak less disadvantageouslyof them , than those who give them full liberty sotodo . "—Tasso , the famous poet , was told , that a certain person , who had declared himself his mortal enemy , reviled him in all places : "Let him alone , replied Tasso , it is much better ' that he speak ill of me to all the world , than all the world of me to him . " M . B .,
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PLATO said to one of his slaves who had committed a fault , I would certainly punish you , would my anger permit me . An insolent fellow meeting Diogenes , spit in his face ; a bye-stander said to him , Now I am certain you are angry . No , replied he , I was only considering whether I ought to be so . — -Adolphus , count of Nassau , newly raised to the empire , sent a very injurious letter to Philip , the handsome king of France—the sent other bthe
king who was remarkable for his moderation , no answer y messenger , on a sheet of paper in the form of a letter , than those few words , " Too much in the German stile . " —Don Lopes de Acuna arming
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speak ill or well of me as I please . " —Another time the friends of th « same ^ king advised him to punish witli death , or banish a certain Macedonian , " who was constantly reviling him : the king would not hear of it , saying that the fact was not sufficient to merit death , and , as to banishment , it was much better to keep him at home , where he was known for a liar , than to send him among strangers , where his falsehood might gain
credit to the prejudice of the ' king ' s reputation . —A private spldier , in the army of Darius against Alexander , and commanded by the renowned Memnon , presented himself one day before their chief , and spoke spme veryinjurious words against the reputation of the Macedonian king : the governor struck him over the head with a lance he had in his hand , saying , " I pay you for fighting , and not for speaking iii of Alexander . "—Two soldiers , wandering a little too near the pavilion of king Autigouus , were slandering the king in a very bold manner : the monarch overhearing the whole , without the least emotion of anger , cameto his tent door , saying , Go
farther off , without you choose , to be punished for your insolence—tfhiltp the second , king of Spain , would never hear any body ill-spoken of iu his presence , because , said he , there is no man , however good , but who may In time become better , and none so wicked , but what may be worse ; that good men deserved to be rewarded on account of their virtues , and the wicked suffered to speak in regard to the frailty of human nature .. A subof the who had spoken to his majestyand \ yho had
ject same king , never , never incurred his displeasure , had , notwithstanding , the boldness to ' speak ill of him publicly ; he was imprisoned , and his majesty was no sooner informed of his crime , than he ordered him to be set at liberty , without any ' other punishment , than the judgement he gave of him , saying , " Any other than a fool would never have spoken in that manner of one whom - he did not know , and without having received the least offence . " He then
added , " There are no sovereigns whose subjects speak less disadvantageouslyof them , than those who give them full liberty sotodo . "—Tasso , the famous poet , was told , that a certain person , who had declared himself his mortal enemy , reviled him in all places : "Let him alone , replied Tasso , it is much better ' that he speak ill of me to all the world , than all the world of me to him . " M . B .,
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ON MODERATION .
PLATO said to one of his slaves who had committed a fault , I would certainly punish you , would my anger permit me . An insolent fellow meeting Diogenes , spit in his face ; a bye-stander said to him , Now I am certain you are angry . No , replied he , I was only considering whether I ought to be so . — -Adolphus , count of Nassau , newly raised to the empire , sent a very injurious letter to Philip , the handsome king of France—the sent other bthe
king who was remarkable for his moderation , no answer y messenger , on a sheet of paper in the form of a letter , than those few words , " Too much in the German stile . " —Don Lopes de Acuna arming