 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - Stoicism - 1708 - 444 pages
...where-ever the W4s Gods lead on : As for Pretence, andHypocrify, 'tis all Stuff 5 For nothing' is snore Scandalous than a Man that is Proud of his Humility....reafon of my being fo earneft . in Religious Worfhip 5 did I ever fee any of the Gods ? Or which way am I convinc'd of the certainty of their Exiftence?... | |
 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - Emperors - 1726 - 360 pages
...where-ever the Gods lead on : As for Pretence and Hypocrify, 'tis all Stuff; for nothing is more fcandalous than a Man that is proud of his Humility. XXVIII. To thofe that afk me the Reafon of my being fo earneft in religious Worfhip : Did I ever fee any of the Gods ? Or,... | |
 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - Ethics - 1887 - 256 pages
...to be honest and temperate upon all occasions, and to follow cheerfully wherever the gods lead on, for nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility. 28. To those that ask me the reason of my being so earnest in religious worship, and whether I ever... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 550 pages
...impatience often prove much more mischievous than the things about which we are angry or impatient. Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility. To those that ask me the reason of my being so earnest in religious worship, and whether I ever saw... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Fiction - 1988 - 532 pages
...those with a pretense of humility, who were proud of it. But as Marcus Aurelius would have us know, "Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility." Archbishop RC Trench, who wrote the greatest books on The Miracles and The Parables, also left us the... | |
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I am convinced of the certainty of their existence ; in the first place, I answer, that the gods are not invisible. But granting they were, the objection would signify... 