 One man, when he has done a service to another, is ready to set it down to his account as a favour conferred. Another is not ready to do this, but still in his own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner...  Stoicism - Page 214by William Wolfe Capes - 1880 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1865 - 332 pages
...own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine...fruit. As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has caught the game, a bee when it has made its honey, so a man when he has done a good act, does not call... | |
 | Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 pages
...own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine...seeks for nothing more after it has once produced itsproper fruit. As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has tracked the game, a bee when it has... | |
 | Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine...tracked the game, a bee when it has made the honey, so such a man when he has done a good act does not call out for others to come and see, but he goes on... | |
 | Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine...proper fruit. As a horse when he has run, a dog when lie has tracked the game, a bee when it has made the honey, so such a man when he has done a good act... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1872 - 524 pages
...own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine which has produced grapes, and seeks for nothing further after it has produced its proper fruit. As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has tracked... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1875 - 468 pages
...own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine...fruit. As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has caught the game, a bee when it has made its honey, so a man when he has done a good act, does not call... | |
 | Paul Barron Watson - History - 1884 - 370 pages
...it ? just as if the eye demanded a recompense for seeing, or the feet for /-fc- c'f'-, walking." 3 " As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has I ^tf, ^ / tracked the game, a bee when it has made the honey, so a man, / ^ when he has done a good... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 928 pages
...own mind, he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine...more after it has once produced its proper fruit. So a man when he has done a good act, does not call out for others to come and see, but he goes on... | |
 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1888 - 60 pages
...he knows what he has done. A third, in a manner, does not oven Itnow what he has done, but is liUe a vine which has produced grapes and seeks for nothing...more, after it has once produced its proper fruit.— V, 6. MAY 7. A prayer of the Athenians—" Rain, rain, oh. dear Zeus, down on the ploughed fields of... | |
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