Algernon Sidney. 1622-1683.
Manus haec inimica tyrannis
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.[264:1]
From the Life and Memoirs of Algernon Sidney.
Liars ought to have good memories.[264:2]
Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xv.
Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.[264:3]
Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xviii.
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God helps those who help themselves.[265:1]
Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.
It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.[265:2]
Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.
Footnotes
[264:1] His father writes to him, Aug. 30, 1660: "It is said that the University of Copenhagen brought their album unto you, desiring you to write something; and that you did scribere in albo these words." It is said that the first line is to be found in the patent granted in 1616 by Camden (Clarencieux).—Notes and Queries, March 10, 1866.
[264:2] He who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.—Montaigne: Book i. chap. ix. Of Liars.
[264:3] See Shakespeare, page 161.
[265:1] See Herbert, page 206.
Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not act—Sophocles: Fragment 288 (Plumptre's Translation).
Help thyself, Heaven will help thee.—La Fontaine: Book vi. fable 18.
[265:2] Like his that lights a candle to the sun.—Fletcher: Letter to Sir Walter Aston.
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.—Young: Satire vii. line 56.