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Marcus Aurelius said to some Persons who would keep his Son from weeping for his Tutors death; Suffer my Son to be a Man before he be an Emperour.
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Marc Aurele dit à quelques Personnes qui vouloient empêcher son Fils de pleurer la Mort de son Precepteur: Souffrez que mon Fils soit Homme, avant que d’être Empereur.
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Dionysius seeing that his Son had gathered a great quantity of Gold and Silver Vessels, out of the Gifts he had made him, told him: I do not find in thee a Royal Soul, since thou hast neglected to get thy self Friends by the distribution of those Riches.
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Denys voyant que son Fils avoit amassé une grande quantité de Vases d’Or & d’Argent des dons qu’il lui avoit fait, il lui dit, je ne connois point en toi une Ame Royale, puis que tu as negligé de te faire des amis par la distribution de ces Richesses.
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The same Dionysius asked Diogenes what Brass he should take to make himself a Statue: Take that, answered he, of the Statues of Harmodius and Aristogiton. These were two famous Murderers of Tyrants, to whom Statues had been erected.