Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ A Man may Like himself very Well in his Own Glass, and yet the World not Fall in Love with him in Publick. But the Truth oft is, We are Partial in our own Case, and there's no Reading of Our Selves but with Other Mens Eyes. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ But Men must not think to Walk upon These Stilts, if they come to set up in Publick once; The One, for an Italian Capon, the Other, for an English Beauty: Where-fore it will become All People to Weigh and Measire Themselves, before they Venture upon any Undertking that may bring their Lives, Honour, or Fortune in Question. Some Songsters can no more Sing in any Chamber but their Own ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ THERE's a Great Difference betwixt an Orator in the Schools, and a Man of Bus'ness upon a Stage of Action. Many a Man that Passes for a Philosopher in Private, behaves himself most Ridiculously in Publick ”
