Maxims for meditation, conceits for conversation, gems of genius, pearls of great price1852 |
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... passion we sometimes give occasion for a life of repentance . Pride becomes neither the commander nor the commanded . Since there is no absolute freedom to be found below , even kings are but mere splendid servants for the common body ...
... passion we sometimes give occasion for a life of repentance . Pride becomes neither the commander nor the commanded . Since there is no absolute freedom to be found below , even kings are but mere splendid servants for the common body ...
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... passion ; we must be of no side or interest but that of truth . Wherever the speech is corrupted , so is the mind . A great talker will always speak , though nobo- dy minds him ; nor does he mind any body when they speak to him . Zeno ...
... passion ; we must be of no side or interest but that of truth . Wherever the speech is corrupted , so is the mind . A great talker will always speak , though nobo- dy minds him ; nor does he mind any body when they speak to him . Zeno ...
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... passions , or instruct the understanding ; such as may ad- minister advice to men in difficulties , comfort them under afflictions , assist them in the search of the truth , give them a reverent sense of God , and an awful admiration of ...
... passions , or instruct the understanding ; such as may ad- minister advice to men in difficulties , comfort them under afflictions , assist them in the search of the truth , give them a reverent sense of God , and an awful admiration of ...
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... passion , as it strives to excel by raising itself , and not by depressing another . There is far more satisfaction in doing , than receiving good . To relieve the oppressed is the most glorious act a man is capable of ; it is , in some ...
... passion , as it strives to excel by raising itself , and not by depressing another . There is far more satisfaction in doing , than receiving good . To relieve the oppressed is the most glorious act a man is capable of ; it is , in some ...
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... passions , and scorns to be a slave to another's : such a one , in the lowest poverty , is a far better man , and merits more respect , than those gay things , who owe all their greatness and reputation to their rentals and revenues ...
... passions , and scorns to be a slave to another's : such a one , in the lowest poverty , is a far better man , and merits more respect , than those gay things , who owe all their greatness and reputation to their rentals and revenues ...
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Page 115 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Page 7 - THE Liberty of a people consists in being governed by Laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of Government. The Liberty of a private man in being Master of his own Time and Actions, as far as may consist with the Laws of God and of his Country. Of this latter only we are here to discourse, and to enquire what estate of Life does best seat us in the possession of it.
Page 107 - Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth...
Page 194 - What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have dis-interred, and have brought to light.
Page 108 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Page 206 - The most tolerable sort of revenge is for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy ; but then let a man take heed the revenge be such as there is no law to punish, else a man's enemy is still beforehand, and it is two for one.
Page 113 - There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and, therefore, men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not to keep their suspicions in smother.
Page 106 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my Friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Page 16 - A GOOD conscience is to the soul what health is to the body : it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly befal us.
Page 23 - In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.