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Who dainties love , shall beggars prove ; " and moreover , u Fools make feasts ,
and wise men eat them . ” Here you are all got together to this sale of fineries and
hnick - nacks . You call them goods : - but , if you do not take care , they will ...
Who dainties love , shall beggars prove ; " and moreover , u Fools make feasts ,
and wise men eat them . ” Here you are all got together to this sale of fineries and
hnick - nacks . You call them goods : - but , if you do not take care , they will ...
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And now , to conclude , “ Experience keeps a dear school , but fools will learn in
no other , as Poor Richard says , and scarce in that ; for it is true , * We may give
advice , but we cannot give conduct . " However , remember this , " They that will
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And now , to conclude , “ Experience keeps a dear school , but fools will learn in
no other , as Poor Richard says , and scarce in that ; for it is true , * We may give
advice , but we cannot give conduct . " However , remember this , " They that will
...
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Every occurrence passes in review like the figures in a procession ; some may be
awkward , others ill - dressed ; but none but a fool is for this enraged with the
inaster of the ceremonies . . I remember to have once seen a slave in a
fortification ...
Every occurrence passes in review like the figures in a procession ; some may be
awkward , others ill - dressed ; but none but a fool is for this enraged with the
inaster of the ceremonies . . I remember to have once seen a slave in a
fortification ...
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Every thing furnished him with an opportunity of mirth ; and though some thought
him , from his insensibility , a fool , he was such an ideot , as philosophers should
wish to imitate ; for all philosophy is only forcing the trade of happiness , when ...
Every thing furnished him with an opportunity of mirth ; and though some thought
him , from his insensibility , a fool , he was such an ideot , as philosophers should
wish to imitate ; for all philosophy is only forcing the trade of happiness , when ...
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It matters not whether our good humour be construed by others into insensibility ,
or even idi . otism ; it is happiness to ourselves ; and none but a fool would
measure his satisfaction by what the world thinks of it . For my own part , I never
pass ...
It matters not whether our good humour be construed by others into insensibility ,
or even idi . otism ; it is happiness to ourselves ; and none but a fool would
measure his satisfaction by what the world thinks of it . For my own part , I never
pass ...
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| Title | Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young |
| Publisher | G. Nicholson, 1796 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 20 pages |
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