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" There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the... "
The Saturday Magazine - Page 225
1835
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The Spectator, Volume 3

1739 - 336 pages
...is nonefo uieful as Difcretion j it is this indeed which gives a Value to all the reft, which fets them at work in their proper Times and Places, and turns them to the Advantage of the Perfon who is poffeffed of them. Without it Learning is Pedantry, and Wit Impertinence ; Virtue it...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 4

1786 - 694 pages
...but there is uleiul a» diicrclion; it il this indeed which gives a value to all th< reft, which fers them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perlón who is роЛеПЫ of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue...
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The Berwick Museum, Or, Monthly Literary Intelligencer: Forming and ...

1787 - 588 pages
...fo ufèful as difcretion ¡ it is this, indeed, which gires a value to all the reft, which fets then at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poffefled of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence. Virtue itfelf...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 7

Joseph Addison - 1797 - 610 pages
...is none fo ufeful as difcretioa; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poflefled of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence: Virtue itfelf...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 6, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 pages
...is none fo ufeful as difcretion ; it is this indeed that gives a value to all the reft, which fets them at work in their proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poifelTed of them. Without it learning- is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itfelf...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments ...

Mr. Addison - 1797 - 642 pages
...diTcretion; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them at work in ^heir proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who js pofleffed of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence: Virtue itfelf...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...none fo ufeful as difcretion. It is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the reft.; which fets them at work in their proper times and places; and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is pofsefsed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itfelf...
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The Universalist's Miscellany, Or, Philanthropist's Museum, Volume 4

1800 - 490 pages
...learning is but pedantry, wit impertinence, generosity profusion, courage fool-hardiness, and even virtue itself looks like weakness : .the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active only to his own prejudice. Discretion is the wisdom of governing ourselves ; it...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking ...: To which are ...

Noah Webster - 1802 - 278 pages
...but there is none 10 useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and...and turns them to the advantage of the person who is pos;«;&edof them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and •wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - 1802 - 252 pages
...fo ufeful as difcretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them to work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advan.» tage of the perfon who is pofTeffed of them. Without it learn.» ing ie pedantry, and wit...
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