...rule, which he prescribed afterwards to his son, of an expence agreeable to his circumstances^ ; so as neither to hurt his character, by a sordid illiberality,...necessitous, puts him under the temptation of doing ill : thus Mamercus, by declining the aidileship, through frugality, lost the consulship^ : and Caesar,...

...illiberality, nor his fortune by vain ostentation of magnificence : the first makes a man odious, and deprives him of the power of doing good ; the other,...necessitous, puts him under the temptation of doing evil. You will have so little to manage, that I shall only say, I have too good an opinion of the feelings...

...illiberality, nor his fortune by vain ostentation of magnificence: the first makes a man odious, and deprives him of the power of doing good; the other,...necessitous, puts him under the temptation of doing evil. You will have so little to manage, that I shall only say, I have too good an opinion of the feelings...

...dissipation and negligence have caused their es-, tates to run to decay : or perhaps they have been swallowed up at once in the gulph of deep and desperate...in their dispositions. That total want of care and occonomy which was observed in spendthrifts and prodigals before they had wasted their substance, has...

...magnificence ; since the one, by making a man odious, deprives him of the power of doing good ; the ether, by making him necessitous, puts him under the temptation...in their dispositions. That total want of care and ceconomy which was observed in spendthrifts and prodigals before they had wasted their substance, has...

...illiberality, nor his fortunes by a vain ostentation of magnificence : since the pr»° -\ | , , ri ., .. one, by making a man odious, deprives him of the power...necessitous, puts him under the temptation of doing ill. - By this law, fourteen rows of benches, next to those of the senators, were to be appropriated to...

...pro 5Iursen. one, by making a man odious, deprives him of the power of doing good ; the other, \g. by making him necessitous, puts him under the temptation of doing ill. ' By this law, fourteen rows of benches, next to those of the senators, were to be appropriated to...

...sordid illiberality, nor his fortunes, by a vain ostentation of magnificence; since the one, by making1 a man odious, deprives him of the power of doing good;...necessitous, puts him under the temptation of doing ill : thus Mamercus, by declining the aedileship, through frugality* lost the consulship ' ; and Caesar,...

...illiberality, nor his fortunes by a vain ostentation of magnificence; since the one, by making a maa odious, deprives him of the power of doing good :...necessitous, puts him under the temptation of doing ill: thus Mamercus, by declining the eedileship through frugality, lost the consulship1: and Ctesar, by...