Maxims, observations & reflections on morality and religion; selected from various authors, by T. Nixon1806 - 162 pages |
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... lose no time in executing your resolutions . Never expect any assistance or consola- tion in your necessities from drinking com panions . Always take part with , and defend the unfortunate . Reprove not a man , in his passion ; for men ...
... lose no time in executing your resolutions . Never expect any assistance or consola- tion in your necessities from drinking com panions . Always take part with , and defend the unfortunate . Reprove not a man , in his passion ; for men ...
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... loses its name and nature .. It is nothing for a man to hold up his head in a calm ; but to maintain his post when o- thers have quitted their ground , and there stand upright where others have fallen , this is divine and praise ...
... loses its name and nature .. It is nothing for a man to hold up his head in a calm ; but to maintain his post when o- thers have quitted their ground , and there stand upright where others have fallen , this is divine and praise ...
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... loses wealth , foses much ; he who loses a friend , loses more ; but he that loses his spirits , loses all . A wise man stands firm in all extremities , and bears the lot of his humanity with a divine temper . The greater the difficulty ...
... loses wealth , foses much ; he who loses a friend , loses more ; but he that loses his spirits , loses all . A wise man stands firm in all extremities , and bears the lot of his humanity with a divine temper . The greater the difficulty ...
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... lose in wealth , pleasure , or honour , they gain with vast advantage in wisdom , goodness and tranquillity of mind . Prosperity is often a trumpet that sounds : a retreat ; it calls men of from the pursuit of religion ; how many souls ...
... lose in wealth , pleasure , or honour , they gain with vast advantage in wisdom , goodness and tranquillity of mind . Prosperity is often a trumpet that sounds : a retreat ; it calls men of from the pursuit of religion ; how many souls ...
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T Nixon. We sometimes meet with a frothy wit , who would rather lose his best friend , than his worst jest . He can never speak well , that can never hold his tongue . It is one thing to speak much , and ano- ther to speak pertinently ...
T Nixon. We sometimes meet with a frothy wit , who would rather lose his best friend , than his worst jest . He can never speak well , that can never hold his tongue . It is one thing to speak much , and ano- ther to speak pertinently ...
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Page 138 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 138 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 151 - 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 9 - 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 109 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 1 - 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 59 - Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised ' than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Page 64 - He who receives a good turn should never forget it : he who does one should never remember it.
Page 103 - Earth in the following manner : " For what is this life but a circulation of little mean actions? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play, and are weary, and then we lie down again, and the circle returns. We spend the day in trifles, and when the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, among dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations.
Page 139 - I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.