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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Dionysius the Tyrant ask’d Aristippus what made Philosophers make their Court to Rich Men, and Rich Men never visit Philosophers: Because, answer’d he, Philosophers know their wants, but Rich Men are not sensible of theirs.

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Denys le Tyran demandoit à Aristippe, d’où vient que les Philosophes venoient faire la cour aux Riches, & que les Riches, n’alloient point visiter les Philosophes? C’est, répondit-il, que les Philosophes connoissent leurs Besoins, & que les Riches ne sentent point les leurs.