Maxims for meditation, conceits for conversation, gems of genius, pearls of great price1852 |
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... wise have said , knowledge is the best thing amongst all things ; from its not being liable to be stolen , from its not being purchasable , from its being imperishable . but As there is no book so poorly furnished out of which a man may ...
... wise have said , knowledge is the best thing amongst all things ; from its not being liable to be stolen , from its not being purchasable , from its being imperishable . but As there is no book so poorly furnished out of which a man may ...
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... wise is like glass : it admits the light of heaven , and reflects it . Orphan children have not so much need of guardians as stupid men . A Christian life is the great key of the Gospel Knowledge without practice will only serve to ...
... wise is like glass : it admits the light of heaven , and reflects it . Orphan children have not so much need of guardians as stupid men . A Christian life is the great key of the Gospel Knowledge without practice will only serve to ...
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... wise man has in private : if the one has little leisure to be alone , the other has less leisure to be in company ; the one has but part of the affairs of one nation , the other all the works of God and nature , under his con ...
... wise man has in private : if the one has little leisure to be alone , the other has less leisure to be in company ; the one has but part of the affairs of one nation , the other all the works of God and nature , under his con ...
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Maxims. whilst the world lasts it never will teach , wise lessons to any . Men are as much blinded by the extremes of misery as by the extremes of pro- sperity . Desperate situations produce desperate councils and desperate measures ...
Maxims. whilst the world lasts it never will teach , wise lessons to any . Men are as much blinded by the extremes of misery as by the extremes of pro- sperity . Desperate situations produce desperate councils and desperate measures ...
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... Wise men are instructed by reason ; men of less understanding , by experience ; the most ignorant , by necessity ; and beasts by nature . We know little of the causes of things , but may see wisdom enough in every thing : and could we ...
... Wise men are instructed by reason ; men of less understanding , by experience ; the most ignorant , by necessity ; and beasts by nature . We know little of the causes of things , but may see wisdom enough in every thing : and could we ...
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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.