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... heart the helm . As the blade of wheat whilst ungrown and empty holds itself proudly up , but so soon as the ear is filled with grain bends humbly down ; so is real wisdom and worth modest and unassuming , whilst ignorance and folly is ...
... heart the helm . As the blade of wheat whilst ungrown and empty holds itself proudly up , but so soon as the ear is filled with grain bends humbly down ; so is real wisdom and worth modest and unassuming , whilst ignorance and folly is ...
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... hearts pine away in secret anguish , for unkindness from those who should be their com- forters , than for any other calamity in life . Worthy minds deny themselves many advan- tages , to satisfy a generous benevolence , which they bear ...
... hearts pine away in secret anguish , for unkindness from those who should be their com- forters , than for any other calamity in life . Worthy minds deny themselves many advan- tages , to satisfy a generous benevolence , which they bear ...
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... - quence . The deepest waters are the most silent ; empty vessels make the greatest sound , and tinkling cym- bals the worst music . They who think least , com- monly speak most . The hearts of fools are in their mouths ; but 35.
... - quence . The deepest waters are the most silent ; empty vessels make the greatest sound , and tinkling cym- bals the worst music . They who think least , com- monly speak most . The hearts of fools are in their mouths ; but 35.
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Maxims. The hearts of fools are in their mouths ; but the tongues of the wise are in their hearts . A concluding face , put upon no concluding ar gument , is the most contemptible sort of folly . Metals are known by their weight , and ...
Maxims. The hearts of fools are in their mouths ; but the tongues of the wise are in their hearts . A concluding face , put upon no concluding ar gument , is the most contemptible sort of folly . Metals are known by their weight , and ...
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... heart ; and he that can spare no kind- ness from himself , has a narrow soul . Goodness is generous and diffusive ; it is large- ness of mind , and sweetness of temper ; modest and sincere , inoffensive and obliging . Where this quality ...
... heart ; and he that can spare no kind- ness from himself , has a narrow soul . Goodness is generous and diffusive ; it is large- ness of mind , and sweetness of temper ; modest and sincere , inoffensive and obliging . Where this quality ...
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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.