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The famous Phi­los­opher Ana­char­sis was a Scyth­ian by Birth and a Grecian who had no other Merit than that of being born in Greece, looking upon him with Envy, reproached him with the Barbarousness of his Country; I confess, reply’d Anacharsis, that my Country is a Shame to me; but thou art the Shame of thy Country. This Saying may be very well applied to those shallow Wits who despise Strangers, meerly because they are Strangers; not considering that Learning, Wit and Merit, are of all Countries.

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Le fameux Philosophe Anacharsis ètoit Scythe, & un Grec qui n’avoit d’autre Merite que d’être né en Grece, le regardant avec envie, lui reprochoit la barbarie de son Païs: J’avouë, lui repliqua Anacharsis, que mon Pays me fait honte, mais tu fais honte à ton Pays. Ce mot peut être fort bien appliqué à ces petits Esprits qui méprisent les Etrangers seulement parce qu’ils sont Etrangers, sans considerer que le Sçavoir, l’Esprit & le Merite sont de tout Pays.