 To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation —...  Readings from Great Authors - Page 61by John Haynes Holmes, Harvey Dee Brown, Helen Edmunds Redding, Theodora Goldsmith - 1918 - 94 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1899 - 978 pages
...Christ, but contains the spirit of Christ's teachings: To be honest ; to be kind : to earn a little and spend a little less; to make, upon the whole, a family...keep a few friends, but these without capitulation ; above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself: here is a task for all that... | |
 | 1920 - 844 pages
...time were Irvin Cobb, Don Marquis, and Oliver Herford, each authentic and each so different " little ; to spend a little less ; to make upon the whole a...; to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered ; to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation ; above all, on the same grim... | |
 | 1899 - 862 pages
...perfect life as set forth in his own words on the fountain erected to his memory in San Francisco : "To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to...little less ; to make upon the whole a family happier by his presence ; to renounce where that shall be necessary, and not to be embittered; to keep a few... | |
 | 1913 - 564 pages
...AdvrrtUrr.. rlra» Mention The Medlenl BeriM. •r . -r -r -r *• The Monthly TeXt >r «r *r «r «r TO be honest, to be kind, to earn a little, and to...presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered, to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation; above all, on the same condition,... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1888 - 882 pages
...of patience. There is no cutting of the Gordian knots of life ; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and...presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1892 - 298 pages
...that of patience. There is no cutting of the Gordian knots of life; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and...keep a few friends but these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself — here is a task for all... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1892 - 322 pages
...cutting of the Gordian knots of life; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind—to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make...embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation—above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself—here is a task... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 644 pages
...that of patience. There is no cutting of the Gordian knots of life; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and...keep a few friends" but these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself — here is a task for all... | |
 | 1903 - 752 pages
...Stevenson — and what a goal, well nigh unattainable, I fear, they suggest for a good resolution: " To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to...keep a few friends, but these without capitulation. Above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself. Here is a task for all that a... | |
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