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... - laxation , ( and how noble must he have been whose pastimes may be the studies of men ! ) that I have selected the aphorisms which com- pose these volumes . He thought not of be- ing an author when he wrote ; but just as vi.
... - laxation , ( and how noble must he have been whose pastimes may be the studies of men ! ) that I have selected the aphorisms which com- pose these volumes . He thought not of be- ing an author when he wrote ; but just as vi.
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... thoughts , as they flowed from a source of as pure virtue as can belong to human na- ture , could not be different from their foun- tain : whether he spoke or wrote , whether carelessly or with premeditation , all that he sent forth ...
... thoughts , as they flowed from a source of as pure virtue as can belong to human na- ture , could not be different from their foun- tain : whether he spoke or wrote , whether carelessly or with premeditation , all that he sent forth ...
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... thoughts burst and bloom even over his gravest prose writings ; and the ardour of his imagination carried his ideas of moral excellence to a height which might have been deemed chimerical , had not his life , as a son , a brother , a ...
... thoughts burst and bloom even over his gravest prose writings ; and the ardour of his imagination carried his ideas of moral excellence to a height which might have been deemed chimerical , had not his life , as a son , a brother , a ...
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... thoughts which enrich these vo- lumes . Lightly as he accounted them , they are much better teachers of the mind , and fashioners of the behaviour ; much better counsellors for a politician , and masters of courtesy , than all the ...
... thoughts which enrich these vo- lumes . Lightly as he accounted them , they are much better teachers of the mind , and fashioners of the behaviour ; much better counsellors for a politician , and masters of courtesy , than all the ...
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... thoughts , to want a thorough knowledge of the highest matters ! " If they best paint sorrows who have felt them most , by the same rule , the heroic character is no unfit one to decide on sentiments profess- edly written to inculcate ...
... thoughts , to want a thorough knowledge of the highest matters ! " If they best paint sorrows who have felt them most , by the same rule , the heroic character is no unfit one to decide on sentiments profess- edly written to inculcate ...
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Page 173 - Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 216 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 170 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 203 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 136 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 203 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead : so that they are without excuse. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened : professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
Page 5 - This purifying of wit, this enriching of memory, enabling of judgment, and enlarging of conceit, which commonly we call learning, under what name soever it come forth, or to what immediate end soever it be directed, the final end is to lead and draw us to as high a perfection as our degenerate souls made worse by their clayey lodgings can be capable of.
Page 97 - ... thee. Let calamity be the exercise, but not the overthrow, of my virtue; let their power prevail, but prevail not to destruction; let my greatness be their prey; let my pain be the sweetness of their revenge; let them (if so it seem good unto thee) vex me with more and more punishment. But, O Lord, let never their wickedness have such a hand, but that I may carry a pure mind in a pure body.
Page 7 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or •what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 170 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.