The epistles of Phalaris translated into English from the original Greek by S. Whately ... ; to which is added Sir W. Temple's Character of the epistles of Phalaris ; together with an appendix of some other epistles lately discovered in a French ms.

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The epistles of Phalaris translated into English from the original Greek by S. Whately ... ; to which is added Sir W. Temple's Character of the epistles of Phalaris ; together with an appendix of some other epistles lately discovered in a French ms.
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Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C.
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London :: Printed by Fr. Leach ... for the author,
1699.
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Page 129

Ep. 120. To Axiochus.

A Man may have some kind of reason to value himself, as upon the other Advantages of Fortune, so upon that of being Nobly born. But as for my part I think no man Nobly born, but he that is born to virtue. All else is the Lottery of Chance. A Brave Man born of Ob∣scure Parents may Out-shine the Nobi∣lity of Princes and Emperors: And a Raskally Son of an Honourable Parent levels himself with the Dregs of Mankind, and is the Scandal of his own Name. Boast yourself therefore to the Syracusi∣ans of the Virtues of your own Soul, and not of the Glories of your Ancestors, which are all bury'd in a Degenerating Off-spring.

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