Ep. 139. To Antimachus.
V. Ep. 29
I Matter not (as the world now goes) what men say or think of me. For seeing that whether Just or Unjust, 'tis now one and the same thing, or rather
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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that the man in Reality the most Un∣just, shall in Common Opinion be Re∣ported for the most Just; instead of dis∣guising my self, I am proud of being what I am: as knowing, that when o∣ther men venture upon unjustifyable Actions; 'tis of their own free choice that they do so: if I trangress; 'tis Necessity that forces me to it. I acknowledge I have had my Irregularities, as no man living is without them. The only diffe∣rence is this, that we Soveraigns, as we have Power to maintain our own Do∣ings, So we are not afraid of shewing our selves to be what we are. But pri∣vate persons, as they live under Com∣mand, and are in danger of being called to an Account, are forced to take shelter in Dissimulation and Denial.