World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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Page 43
... flatter in com- pany ; but a man may be very agreeable , in strict consistency with truth and sincerity , by a prudent silence , where he can- not concur , and by a pleasing assent where he can . Now and then you meet with a person so ...
... flatter in com- pany ; but a man may be very agreeable , in strict consistency with truth and sincerity , by a prudent silence , where he can- not concur , and by a pleasing assent where he can . Now and then you meet with a person so ...
Page 73
... flattering devil , a sweet poison , a pleasant sin , which whosoever hath , hath not him- self , which whosoever doth commit , doth not commit sin , but he himself is wholly sin.-St. Augustine . DRUNKENNESS . — Drunkenness is the vice ...
... flattering devil , a sweet poison , a pleasant sin , which whosoever hath , hath not him- self , which whosoever doth commit , doth not commit sin , but he himself is wholly sin.-St. Augustine . DRUNKENNESS . — Drunkenness is the vice ...
Page 85
... flattering as possible , and that he would make it the employment of his whole life to deserve it . Goldsmith . EQUALITY . So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal , that no two people can be half an hour to- gether but ...
... flattering as possible , and that he would make it the employment of his whole life to deserve it . Goldsmith . EQUALITY . So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal , that no two people can be half an hour to- gether but ...
Page 99
... flatter themselves , to entertain the additions of other men's praises is most perilous . - Sir IV . Raleigh - to ... flatter all the com- pany , you please none ; if you flatter only one or two , you affront the rest . — Swift ...
... flatter themselves , to entertain the additions of other men's praises is most perilous . - Sir IV . Raleigh - to ... flatter all the com- pany , you please none ; if you flatter only one or two , you affront the rest . — Swift ...
Page 107
... flatter both , and , in truth , not be sorry for either . Interiorly , most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends . Chesterfield . FRUGALITY . - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence , the sister of temperance ...
... flatter both , and , in truth , not be sorry for either . Interiorly , most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends . Chesterfield . FRUGALITY . - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence , the sister of temperance ...
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