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... better fare than was expected , the disappointment is overlooked even by the scrupulous . When we meet with worse than was expected , philosophers alone know how to make it better . - Zimmerman . 7. One great Source of Vexation - I have at ...
... better fare than was expected , the disappointment is overlooked even by the scrupulous . When we meet with worse than was expected , philosophers alone know how to make it better . - Zimmerman . 7. One great Source of Vexation - I have at ...
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... . Wisdom that is hid , and treasure that is hoarded up , what profit is in them both ? Better is he that hideth his folly , than a man that hideth his wisdom . - Ecclesiasticus . 17. Selfishness . - The selfish look upon themselves , 6.
... . Wisdom that is hid , and treasure that is hoarded up , what profit is in them both ? Better is he that hideth his folly , than a man that hideth his wisdom . - Ecclesiasticus . 17. Selfishness . - The selfish look upon themselves , 6.
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... better uses . He debaseth himself , he disgraceth his nature , who hath so low conceits , and pursueth so petty designs . Nay , even a true regard to our own private good will engage us not in- ordinately to pursue self - interest . As ...
... better uses . He debaseth himself , he disgraceth his nature , who hath so low conceits , and pursueth so petty designs . Nay , even a true regard to our own private good will engage us not in- ordinately to pursue self - interest . As ...
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... better method of disposing of the dead than ours . These visits must prove admirable lessons of humility ; and I assure you they are not such objects of terror as you would imagine . They are said , even for ages after death , to retain ...
... better method of disposing of the dead than ours . These visits must prove admirable lessons of humility ; and I assure you they are not such objects of terror as you would imagine . They are said , even for ages after death , to retain ...
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... better able to order the present to their advantage . — Hobbes . 91. Freedom of Thought being intimately connected with the happiness and dignity of man in every stage of his being , is of so much more impor- tance than the preservation ...
... better able to order the present to their advantage . — Hobbes . 91. Freedom of Thought being intimately connected with the happiness and dignity of man in every stage of his being , is of so much more impor- tance than the preservation ...
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33 ページ - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
244 ページ - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
105 ページ - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
182 ページ - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
287 ページ - 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.
196 ページ - He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.
242 ページ - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
232 ページ - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.
143 ページ - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
226 ページ - 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.