The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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Aristippus gave fifty Drachms for a Partridge, and as some body censured such an Expence in a Philosopher, Aristippus told him, would you not buy it if it cost but a Farthing? he answered, with all my Heart: Well, replied Aristippus, fifty Drachms are no more to me than a Farthing.

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Aristippe avoit fait acheter une Perdrix cinquante Dragmes, & quelqu’un condamnant une telle depense en un Philosophe, Aristippe lui dit, ne l’acheteriez vous pas si elle ne coûtoit qu’une Obole? il lui rêpondit, très volontiers: Et à moi, repartit Aristippe, cinquante Dragmes ne sont pas plus qu’une Obole.